In the latest sign that labour shortages are driving up wages, new DEWR data shows that pay rises in private sector enterprise agreements have reached 4.1% a year, just below the five-year high of 4.2%.
Andrews' pay goes up 4.1%, but argues low paid should get 2.4%; University and TAFE employees begin protests against second wave tomorrow; Appaloosa employees lose their jobs, but have till Thursday to sign AWAs with labour hire company; NSW IRC refuses backpay to cover strike during bargaining; Pro forma retrenchment letter suggested employer was "going through the motions"; Full bench clarifies calculation of car benefit for unfair dismissal claims; Hudson recommends five measures to help employers improve work-life balance in the workplace; and AIRC rejects employer dismissal appeal lodged nine months late.
An Australian Bureau of Statistics executive sacked for manipulating the organisation's footy tipping competition has got his job back, following an AIRC ruling.
At least seven out of every 10 employees oppose the Howard Government's plans to remove unfair dismissal remedies, sideline the AIRC and reduce the ability of unions to collectively bargain, according to a survey commissioned by the ACTU.
Queensland's IRC won't be prohibited from certifying agreements that contain generous attraction and retention allowances for the male-dominated technical workforce in the State's stricken power industry, after a full bench found the provisions didn't fall foul of pay equity requirements.
An AIRC full bench has clarified how to calculate the value of an employer-supplied car when assessing whether an employee's pay exceeds the remuneration cap for unfair dismissal claims.
NSW's 14,400 police officers will begin voting soon on a new agreement with the State Government that provides a 16% wage increase over its four-year term plus death and disability insurance, while the states' 28,000 public sector nurses will receive 14% over the next 3.5 years after their pay dispute with the Government was put in the hands of the NSW IRC.
Manufacturing continues to be a male-dominated industry at all levels, but it is initiating changes that will help it adapt to the challenge of the tightening labour market, skills shortage and ageing workforce, according to a new equal opportunity agency report.
The AIRC has questioned why Coles Supermarkets Australia provided only a little more than half of 11 minutes of security video footage of a sacked checkout operator as evidence in an unfair dismissal case.
