The QPSU is seeking an arbitrated interim pay rise for prison officers following a breakdown in negotiations, in the last of more than 50 State public sector agreements in the current bargaining round.
Employers should eliminate all cigarette smoke in workplaces, says OHS Commission; Push for NSW industrial manslaughter law gathers momentum; telecanvassers in NSW to be covered by award; and Cole bill turgid and likely to be ignored: HR Nicholls.
In a decision handed down today, An AIRC full bench has clamped down on a tendency for some Commission members to find there is duty to bargain in good faith.
The ALP has slammed super changes passed by the Senate yesterday that are designed to encourage employee contributions, saying they only benefit high income earners and discriminate against same-sex couples.
In an important decision, a Federal Court full bench has ruled today that the existence of a bargaining period didn't prevent the AIRC from arbitrating an award dispute over severance pay.
The NSW Supreme Court has rejected a senior executive's claim that a company which began paying his $300,000 salary after acquiring his employer's operations was also liable for a $5.4 million termination payout provided under his contract.
Journalists at Fairfax have voted up the wages and profit share components of a proposed agreement struck with the MEAA, but won't give final approval until remaining issues are settled.
The NSW Government should consider amending the state IR Act to give the Supreme Court of NSW jurisdiction to determine section 106 unfair contract proceedings when it is dealing with associated claims, according to a Sydney barrister.
The CFMEU (mining & energy division) has escaped relatively cheaply from its unsuccessful Federal Court attempt to bring coal mineworkers' superannuation up to community standard, with the Court ruling it didn't have to pay the costs of thirty of the coal companies joined to the case, or of the Commissioner of Taxation.
