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In an important decision that could provide unfair dismissal protection to workers left exposed by Work Choices, a full bench of the NSW IRC has made clear it is not going down quietly, ruling it has the power to reinstate a sacked federally-covered worker.

The South Australian IRC has followed its NSW counterpart in flowing on to state award employees the family leave provisions the AIRC awarded federal workers last year, but which the Federal Government then refused to safeguard in Work Choices.

The FSU and National Australia Bank have reached in-principle agreement on a new three-year enterprise deal that doubles paid parental leave to 12 weeks, introduces a week's paid pre-natal leave, protects existing award conditions and delivers a 4% pay increase to most staff - down from 4.5% in the previous deal.

The AIRC has directed Virgin Blue to have talks this week with the ASU, after yesterday adjourning the union's underpayment claim against the company.

John Bowler has today replaced John Kobelke as the WA Minister for Employment Protection, following a reshuffle by new Premier Alan Carpenter.

The LHMU, in its submission to the Award Review Taskforce, says that rushing into a system of industry-based awards is undesirable, and that the merits and history of existing awards should first be considered, with an emphasis on due process and extensive consultation with parties to awards.

Federal Labor is planning a detailed IR policy that will limit business options for introducing individual contracts, but does not go so far as abolishing existing individual workplace agreements.

Qualified IT professionals working in Victoria will be covered by a new federal award even if they are not working for companies in the IT industry, the AIRC has decided.

Allowances for long-distance truck drivers will be included in annual leave calculations after a long-running conciliation approved by an AIRC full bench.

The Australian Principals Federation (AFP), which failed in its initial bid to become a registered union, has succeeded second-time around.