Qantas and its 3,000 long-haul flight attendants have secured a new five-year union agreement that substantially reduces employment costs for new cabin crew, opening the way for 2,000 new onshore jobs, while improving conditions for existing employees.
The ASU is likely to recommend members accept a new bargaining offer from Qantas for 3% annual pay rises after the airline withdrew some of its key demands, including on the classification of E-check-in hosts, unrestricted use of casuals and temporary staff, abolishing RDOs for IT employees, and reducing minimum part-time hours.
The AIRC has awarded a former NSW State Rail Authority employee 20 weeks' pay in compensation for her unfair dismissal on medical grounds, despite finding she was "aggressive, belligerent and obstructive" and that her conduct might have warranted sacking for misconduct.
The AIRC has ordered a security firm to pay a former guard $13,283 compensation for his unfair dismissal over a controversy involving the treatment of disabled customers at a major shopping centre.
The AIRC has emphasised the important role whistleblowers play in society and that they should be protected from dismissal even if their allegations turn out to be wrong, but has upheld a prestige car dealer's sacking of a sales consultant who accused his manager of stealing gift vouchers that were to be distributed to the sales team.
The 2,700 permanent employees of Citi Group in Australia will be entitled from next year to eight hours annually of paid leave to manage their personal finances.
Employers might be obliged to make super contributions when they pay some employees a lump sum in lieu of working out their notice, following an important ruling by the NSW Court of Appeal.
The WA IRC is set to win new powers to mediate disputes and widen its ability to hear denied contractual benefits claims, after three pieces of workplace legislation passed the State's lower house.
Pay rises in private sector federal agreements lodged in the June quarter have exceeded 4% annually for the first time in 12 months, according to data released by DEWR today that coincides with the Reserve Bank lifting interest rates and saying wage growth has been "contained".
NSW's State Transit Authority was justified in sacking a bus driver for using her hand-held two-way radio while in control of a 16-tonne bus carrying a full load of passengers, a tribunal has ruled.
