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"Genuine" negotiation vow as public sector pay cap lifted

The Albanese Government will deliver a 3% interim pay rise to federal public servants while it tackles "complex" bargaining reforms to facilitate service-wide negotiations, after they weathered a 2% cap, WPI-linked increases and a freeze under the Morrison Government.

Telstra technicians cannot knock back shiftwork: Tribunal

The FWC has in upholding Telstra's right to trim costs by changing shift arrangements for its most experienced technicians suggested it review its HR practices to avoid confusion when such variations are made in future.


COVID-19 fear around IVF treatment not exceptional: FWC

An Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission employee seeking to combine working from home and carer's leave to avoid COVID-19 while he and his endometriosis-suffering wife undergo IVF treatment has failed to establish his circumstances are exceptional under the agency's agreement provisions.

Fingerprint expert reinstated after fall-out from husband's affair

A Victorian Police fingerprint expert has been reinstated after the FWC found her dismissal for "deceitfully" calling her detective husband's ex-lover during work hours both disproportionate and harsh in terms of its financial impact.


Ex-ministerial staffer urges continuing spotlight on conduct

Former Coalition staffer Rachelle Miller has followed a $650,000 settlement with the Commonwealth with a plea for MPs to support the establishment of an independent body to enforce codes of conduct in Federal parliamentary workplaces.

Court reinstates accused, suspended teacher

Tasmania's Supreme Court has upheld the State Industrial Commission's decision to reinstate a teacher accused of child s-x offences, so that he is suspended on full pay.

NSW threat vindicates Burke anti-axe stance: Unions

Unions say an "eleventh hour" NSW Government ultimatum to seek to terminate deals covering train workers unless they call off all protected action by tomorrow afternoon is a clear example of the type of action that federal IR Minister Tony Burke will not support.

Court throws cloak over ACIC adverse action case

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission has in winning broad-ranging suppression orders "strongly" rejected the claim by a former IT officer suing it over an alleged "sham" redundancy that such measures were pointless given potential witnesses could be readily identified through their LinkedIn profiles.