A new agreement covering Brisbane City Council's 8,000 employees phases in an increase in paid maternity leave from nine to 14 weeks, doubles paid paternity leave to two weeks and provides a 3.9% a year pay increase.
NSW Labor Council will tonight launch a new website which, it says, is designed to assist teachers educate students about the achievements, role and relevance of unions.
In an important decision on the AIRC's private arbitration powers, a full bench of the Commission has rejected arguments by Qantas Flight Catering Limited that the AIRC had no jurisdiction to arbitrate its dispute with the ASU, or to summons documents and witnesses.
In the latest development in the bargaining battle between the CFMEU (mining & energy division) and Anglo Coal at the Capcoal central colliery in Queensland, the AIRC has agreed to terminate the site's expired enterprise agreement.
The ANZ will soon face a new campaign of shareholder activism, with a union push underway to elect FSU national president Joy Buckland to the bank's board.
Consumer prices are rising at 2.6% a year, after increasing by just 0.6% in the September quarter and zero in the previous quarter, according to the ABS.
The CPSU has recommended a new agreement for about 18,000 civilian defence employees that increases paid parental leave and provides a 10% pay rise over 30 months.
The AIG, ACCI and MBA have called, in separate submissions to Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews, for amendments to the draft Cole Bill, while Andrews says the Government is sticking to plans to introduce the legislation this year.
The NSW IRC has prevented a health service from dismissing a medical director until claims of harassment and misconduct have been heard, finding that a premature dismissal would cause "irreparable" damage to her reputation.
