Growth in basic hourly wages across Australia fell slightly to 3.1% in the year to February 2006, while total pay increased by only 1.6%, according to a survey by the Melbourne Institute.
Two of Australia's largest industry super funds, the Superannuation Trust of Australia and the Australian Retirement Fund, have formally announced that their planned merger will proceed, with the new fund expected to be operating from July 1 this year.
Australian and international soccer star Scott Chipperfield has won a $67,000 refund from his agent under the New South Wales IRC's unfair contract provisions.
A management consultancy has lost a provisional bid to restrain competition from two former top executives who left the company late last year to start their own rival business.
A hairdresser who was dismissed while pregnant has been awarded $1,338 in damages, with the Federal Magistrates Court finding that her pregnancy was not the reason for her sacking but it was why she was sent home for a week without pay.
The Prime Minister and state and territory leaders have agreed on a timetable for cross-border recognition of skills and qualifications in a bid to chip away at economic inefficiencies and address skills shortages.
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Under new legislation introduced to the Victorian Parliament, the state's new Workplace Rights Advocate will review all new agreements in the public sector to ensure they pass the no disadvantage test that has been scrapped by the Federal Government's Work Choices legislation.
