In addition to being when the federal senators elected in last year's poll take their seats - with the Greens to hold the balance of power outright - Friday is the day from which the national minimum wage takes effect and employers take on responsibility for the Federal Government's paid parental leave payments.
The Federal Magistrates Court has rejected a HR manager's argument that he should not be held accountable for his company’s sham contracting practices because he was only “following the instructions” of the firm's owner.
Big fine for director’s accessorial liability; CPSU seeks first strike ballot in APS campaign; and Closure of Qantas pilots' ballot extended to July 6.
Mining employers revive "fighting fund" concept; Public transport not an essential service: FWA; He's back: Hanke returns as HR Nicholls Society's PR director; Police prosecutors add support to police officer's industrial action; and Aged care redundancies lead to FWA dispute hearing.
New laws to fetter the NSW IRC's power to set state public sector wages are set to be passed by NSW Parliament, after the O'Farrell Government on the weekend gagged a marathon debate and forced its legislative changes through the Upper House.
Victorian Police have voted overwhelmingly to undertake protected industrial action from next Tuesday, while in NSW, unions have released new pay research as they seek to head off plans to cap state public sector pay growth at 2.5% a year.
Fair Work Australia will tomorrow seek to hold discussions between the CPSU and the Australian Public Service Commission, after the tribunal today conducted a hearing into the bargaining dispute between the union and major APS agencies.
A Serco subsidiary that contracted to the Victorian Government was justified in summarily dismissing a mobile speed camera operator who drove at more than twice the speed limit and at up to 123kmh in 100 zones, Fair Work Australia has found.
Three hundred employees at a Victorian private prison will receive an additional pay rise if their personal leave over 12 months is collectively lower than 95 hours per capita, under a deal struck with the CPSU Victoria which has been overwhelmingly voted up.
Fair Work Australia has this afternoon approved an AIPA application to seek authorisation from Qantas long haul pilots to take industrial action that could begin in July.
