Union collective agreements covering 40,000-plus public servants will take effect in the new financial year, with Australian Tax Office, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and civilian Defence employees set to obtain pay rises in the vicinity of 4% per year.
After a long campaign against both non-union collective deals and AWAs, unions have reached an in-principle agreement with the University of Ballarat for a new collective deal.
A landmark ruling by the federal court sends a clear message to employers that their workplace HR policies will be legally binding as part of their employment contracts.
A stockbroker who was promised a job he never got has won an extra $1.7 million, plus interest, in damages in a Federal Court appeal that extends some criteria for calculating losses for breach of an employment contract.
Wage increases have tumbled to 3.8% in federal collective agreements certified in the March quarter - the last one that will include large numbers of non-Work Choices deals.
Employers generally can't lawfully refuse to interview a job applicant just because of their criminal record, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has found.
In its first rejection of "operational reasons" arguments for excluding an unfair dismissal claim under Work Choices, the AIRC has found that an employee sacked after their position was abolished should have been offered an alternative position within the company.
New employees will automatically make a 3% personal contribution to their superannuation in addition to the 9% compulsory employer contribution, if the Howard Government accepts bipartisan recommendations tabled by a federal parliamentary committee today.
In a report the ALP has seized on as evidence that Work Choices is "all pain for no gain", the OECD has found that centralised bargaining reduces unemployment, while the minimum wage level has "no significant direct impact" on unemployment.
An Adelaide hairdresser has missed out on the prize of a car she won from her employer as part of an incentive program because she did not comply with a requirement to keep working for the company, even though she was unaware of it.
