The CPSU's leadership, which met with Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott yesterday, says he confirmed the Government intends to push harder for public sector employees to shift to individual contracts and non-union agreements.
Victorian metal industry unions were this afternoon locked in another meeting with the so-called "break-out group" of employers in a bid to get up a Campaign 2003 framework deal, as the March 31 expiry date draws nearer.
Queensland electrical employers have claimed that the ETU, in its planned campaign of strikes and work bans, is seeking a 35% pay rise over three years - not just the $2.64-an-hour increase it says makes up its claim.
Government to introduce legislation to protect emergency service workers' jobs; AIRC issues s127 order in Victorian bus dispute; PC to review the Disability Discrimination Act.
No evidence exists that minimum wage workers would benefit from substantial employment growth, according to a new paper the ACTU is drawing on in its 2003 living wage claim.
The President of the AIRC, Justice Geoffrey Guidice, has warned that the Commission could not deliver the same standard of dispute resolution service it did now if Australia's strike rate increased significantly.
The High Court has canvassed the issue of whether employers are responsible for deliberate illegal acts by employees that are outside the scope of their jobs.
