The Fair Pay Commission’s 1.6%-over-10-months inflation forecast when it awarded pay rises of $5 to $10 a week to low-paid workers this month is looking shaky, after the ABS revealed the cost of living increased by 1.2% in the June quarter and 2.1% over 12 months.
A local government authority has lost its bid to dismiss an unfair dismissal case for genuine operational reasons after the AIRC found the sacking was influenced by personal antagonism, not just the employer's restructuring needs.
Melbourne-based construction company Probuild has been recognised for its pioneering program to improve the work-life balance of its 160 direct employees, at the annual BCA/ACCI work and family awards dinner in Sydney last night.
The Federal Magistrates Court has made the first authoritative ruling on what constitutes ordinary hours of work for payment of notice under the Workplace Relations Act.
Qantas short-haul pilots have again resoundingly voted down their proposed enterprise agreement, while their Virgin Blue counterparts have narrowly voted up their deal on the second attempt.
Australian employers could adopt a proposed charter of employment rights without legislative requirements to improve certainty in workplace relations, according to a leading IR lawyer.
Working women are "shock absorbers" who work fewer hours than men to reduce the impact of their labour on life at home, but pay a high personal price as they try to juggle the two spheres, according to new University of South Australia research.
A Hobart hotel applied unlawful duress in a bid to force a casual waitress to sign an AWA, the Federal Magistrates Court has found, after hearing that its manager threatened to turn it into a low-benefit "concentration camp" for workers who insisted on staying on the award.
The OECD has recommended that countries look at European "flexicurity" models that protect workers made redundant while providing for the job mobility required to allow movement from shrinking to growing sectors of the economy. It has also backed paid maternity leave, saying it boosts multi factor productivity.
Employers face being fined if they don't give their employees a Workplace Authority fact sheet under planned government amendments to the fairness test bill.
