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News in brief, May 23, 2003

Treasury boss says labour flexibility is the key to managing ageing workforce impacts; Morris McMahon pursues damages; ACCC takes action against gas site unions; and Abbott Cabinet submission concedes public sector union strategy is winning.

New award covers telco labour suppliers

Ten large labour hire companies that supply workers to Telstra have effectively been roped-in to the new Telecommunications Services Award.

Test case on trade practices compliance

A NSW IRC full bench has cleared the way for an employer body to argue that some clauses in ETU pattern agreements breach the Trade Practices Act, while the ACCC is also understood to be investigating the clauses.

Less is more when it comes to executive pay

NSW unions will push their trustees on super fund boards to use their influence to cap executive remuneration at $1.2m a year, after they released a university report today showing company performance declines when executive pay exceeds that level.

CPSU's Reynolds dies after re-election

CPSU national president Matthew Reynolds died suddenly last night of a brain aneurism, just hours after the close of the ballot that saw him re-elected.

News in brief, May 22, 2003

Working families big users of child care; Redundancy test case begins Monday; and Pan casuals win severance payments.

NSW IRC ruling stymies s106 amendments

In a ruling handed down on Tuesday, the NSW IRC has stymied last year's amendments to the State's s106 unfair contracts jurisdiction that tried to constrain claims.

New pact between MUA and AWU

The MUA and AWU have formed an alliance to end demarks and jointly recruit members and negotiate enterprise agreements in the offshore oil and gas industry.

Employment law briefs, May 21, 2003

Discipline for excessive sick leave discriminatory, says tribunal; Racial abuse sacking harsh but lodged out of time; Tribunal rejects discrimination claim by speech-impaired teacher; and AIRC dismisses four-year-old claim by perjured BHP officer.

CPSU incumbents ahead in poll

The CPSU's incumbent leaders appear to have beaten off an election challenge by the "Members First" team.