HR directors can earn up to $400,000 in NSW, while IR/ER managers can get up to $170,000 in WA and Queensland, according to a HR salary guide released today.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty Ltd to pay $120,000 in penalties for coercing 12 casual employees to sign AWAs, after finding it was a "big company that should have done better" and showed itself to be "surprisingly unsophisticated" on HR matters.
Della Bosca stands down while Iguanas incident investigated; Battle ends between Sparkes and partner; Air traffic controllers' union seeks 50% rise for trainees; Emerson calls for unions to focus on offering services; and ACCI to have "more rounded" message, needs more employer members, says Anderson.
Part-time work in Australia has tripled in the past 40 years, reaching the second highest level in the world, but part-time jobs are not lower paid or of poor quality, according to new Productivity Commission research.
Bench confirms appeals available on extensions of time; High Court refuses special leave against CFMEU false imprisonment case; Wages share of economy reaches 43-year low; Productivity up 2%, unit labour costs up marginally in year to March; Della Bosca under fire; and ACTU's Walton moving to APESMA.
A former school teacher who resigned after being overworked, harassed and victimised has won a damages payout of almost $400,000, after a court found the South Australia's education department breached the implied common law duty of mutual trust and confidence.
An employee dismissed for failing to return to work on time after becoming sick while overseas has won 13 weeks compensation pay plus outstanding sick leave, the AIRC has ruled.
Qantas, unions to talk again next week; Holden to close engine plant, shed jobs; Seafarers can't refuse to board, says AIRC; WA IRC declares teacher bargaining over; No backdown from Rudd on public servant work hours; Nelson reiterates Coalition's IR position; and What price dinner with the Minister?
Employees who transfer to a new employer in a transmission of business are required to serve a six month qualifying period - unless they expressly agree to forgo it - before they can claim unfair dismissal and be entitled to a redundancy payout for their prior service, an AIRC full bench majority has found.
Unions and employers have begun using the provisions in the Rudd Government's transitional IR legislation allowing the variation and extension of pre-reform agreements for up to three years, with the AIRC extending at least four agreements last month.
