In its first minimum wage determination, the Fair Pay Commission has awarded pay increases of between $22.04 and $27.36 a week to more than a million workers covered by award pay scales, to take effect from December 1.
More than a third of working mothers with leave entitlements use paid maternity leave, while more than one in five pregnant workers experience inappropriate comments or miss out on training or promotion opportunities, according to new ABS data released today.
Employers' record-keeping obligations under Work Choices have been delayed for six months and sick leave penalties banned in regulations announced by the Federal Government today.
The Federal Court will next week begin hearing a shop assistant's claim for damages for unlawful termination after she questioned her employer's alleged failure to pay superannuation and penalties.
Most people who are dissatisfied with their working hours soon find a happier arrangement but over-employment remains persistent for more than 8% of Australian workers, according to unpublished findings from the latest phase of the HILDA survey.
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited will today seek individual orders from the Federal Court against more than 300 maintenance workers to force them to end a strike that started on Tuesday at its Altona manufacturing facility. However, it says the stoppage and a picket line is yet to affect production.
Australian pay movements - forecast to shrink from 1% ahead of inflation to just 0.5% ahead - are lagging behind those of other countries such as the UK, US and China, according to a global survey by Mercer HR consulting.
