Mitsubishi and vehicle unions have agreed to a severance deal for workers at the defunct Tonsley Park factory in Adelaide that sets a new high for the industry.
The ABCC has launched a new legal action against the CFMEU over a Victorian construction project, while Superannuation and Corporate Law Minister Nick Sherry has signalled a Federal Government push to link executive salaries more closely to company outcomes, including through new reporting requirements.
The new Team Jetstar collective agreement for cabin crew will enable the airline to match new entrant Tiger's employment cost base, chief executive Alan Joyce told Workplace Express this morning after parent company Qantas announced a record pre-tax half-year profit of $905 million.
The Rudd Government has today announced the membership of the business advisory groups that will help it to draft its substantive IR legislation and the fair dismissal code.
Pay rates excluding bonuses have continued to grow at 4.2% a year in the December quarter of 2007, a level uncomfortably close to the RBA's 4.5% aggregate wage growth "ceiling", while rates of pay including bonuses have hit a new high.
A major defence contractor has been refused an exemption from racial discrimination laws to meet US security requirements, in a ruling by the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission.
A Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision to exempt an enterprise agreement from parts of the State's Equal Opportunity Act might be without jurisdiction because certified agreements prevail over State discrimination laws, as well as the federal Age Discrimination Act, according to a specialist workplace lawyer.
HR salaries will grow substantially this year in Melbourne and Brisbane, but won't increase for top level IR/ER managers in the northern capital, according to recruitment company Robert Walters.
The Rudd Government has given the Productivity Commission a year to report on options for paid parental leave schemes, including their economic impact on small and medium businesses.
