Wage increases have tumbled to 3.8% in federal collective agreements certified in the March quarter - the last one that will include large numbers of non-Work Choices deals.
Employers generally can't lawfully refuse to interview a job applicant just because of their criminal record, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has found.
In its first rejection of "operational reasons" arguments for excluding an unfair dismissal claim under Work Choices, the AIRC has found that an employee sacked after their position was abolished should have been offered an alternative position within the company.
New employees will automatically make a 3% personal contribution to their superannuation in addition to the 9% compulsory employer contribution, if the Howard Government accepts bipartisan recommendations tabled by a federal parliamentary committee today.
In a report the ALP has seized on as evidence that Work Choices is "all pain for no gain", the OECD has found that centralised bargaining reduces unemployment, while the minimum wage level has "no significant direct impact" on unemployment.
An Adelaide hairdresser has missed out on the prize of a car she won from her employer as part of an incentive program because she did not comply with a requirement to keep working for the company, even though she was unaware of it.
The AIRC has agreed to delay a secret ballot by 24 hours to ensure that attendance at the workplace isn't hampered by the Australia-Brazil World Cup soccer clash, which will be broadcast from 1.30am eastern time on Monday, June 19.
The Navy has been ordered to pay $25,000 in damages to a former officer who was effectively demoted after she took sick leave due to a depressive illness.
