Private sector wage rates excluding bonuses in the private sector are rising at 4% a year in trend terms - the highest rate in two years - while the sector's rates including bonuses in the private sector are growing more rapidly than in any period since 2008, according to the ABS.
Tonight's federal Budget cuts fringe benefit concessions for employer-supplied or salary-sacrificed cars, introduces extensive new measures to increase skills, training and participation and cuts public sector spending by $1.1 billion.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered a company and its director to pay more thann $41,000 in backpay and fines for refusing to pay two trainees employed over a four-month period on Labor's transitional individual employment contracts.
Licensed aircraft mechanical engineers employed by Qantas will go out for an hour on Friday morning, after their union claimed bargaining negotiations with the airline had "hit a brick wall".
FWA to begin conciliating Qantas-ALAEA bargaining dispute on Monday; Tribunal refuses Patrick application for cooling-off period; and Qantas appeals adverse action ruling; and Qantas-ASU agreement to go to employee ballot.
Patrick seeking cooling-off period for bulk and general industrial action; ACTU rolls out workers’ census; Proportion of employees with paid leave down since GFC; and Employers say profitability, working hours down since 2010 wage increase.
MUA members at three of Patrick's four container terminals will go out for 24 hours on Saturday, after accusing the company of failing to negotiate in good faith during two weeks of talks brokered by Fair Work Australia.
Employers must pay more than lip service to the protection of their employees' industrial freedoms under the Fair Work Act, the Federal Court has ruled in fining a company $10,000 for taking adverse action against an aviation engineer.
