As teachers in NSW, Victoria, WA and the ACT gear up for industrial action, the Queensland Teachers Union and the State Labor Government have struck a deal that delivers smaller class sizes and a 10.8% pay rise over 37 months.
In a crucial decision, a Federal Court full bench has cleared the way for unions to make extra claims during the life of federal enterprise agreements.
The NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal has dismissed an indirect discrimination complaint by a WorkCover Authority senior manager with two small children whose office was moved from Sydney to the Central Coast, in its first decision on the Anti-Discrimination Act's carers' responsibilities provisions.
A week after the High Court unanimously ruled it had jurisdiction to do so, the AIRC has refused to rope-in two foreign-registered CSL ships to the maritime industry seagoing award 191 largely because of "inappropriate" Australian work practices.
In a major ruling on dismissed employees' legal options, a full bench of the Federal Court has given an academic who lost his unfair dismissal case in the AIRC a second chance at challenging his sacking 191 this time on the grounds that it breached his certified agreement and common law contract.
WR Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed the Federal Government won't accept Labor and Democrats amendments to his transmission of business legislation, which passed the Senate today.
Rates of pay excluding bonuses increased by a headline rate of 0.6% in the June quarter and 3.6% over the 2002-03 financial year, according to the ABS Wage Cost Index, released today.
Employees at Australian Hardboards have endorsed a new agreement while talks have broken down at Boral Roofing, after the first industrial action against the companies in 30 years.
Bob Herbert will step down as chief executive of the Australian Industry Group in February next year after 43 years with the organisation and be replaced by his deputy, Heather Ridout.
