The PSA has lost its challenge to a NSW IRC decision said to have "wide ranging" implications for union delegates using workplace emails to communicate with union lawyers, with a special constable facing dismissal for disclosing confidential information to inform its application for a new award.
NSW IRC President Ingmar Taylor says after a decade of pay caps depriving the tribunal of the capacity to ensure incomes did not fall behind in real terms, all submissions informing a review of its wage fixing principles are calling for change.
In a breakthrough for NSW fisheries officers seeking to carry capsicum spray while patrolling for poachers, the State IRC has refused to terminate work bans after the Department of Primary Industries failed to convince it they seriously risk depleting fish stocks.
NSW public school teachers have voted up a three-year agreement that builds on a "breakthrough" deal last year that lifted wages by 4% in addition to big one-off rises for those at the top and bottom of pay scales.
NSW PSA members have voted to accept a 10% pay rise over three years plus a 1% super boost in what State Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says is "proof that a mature government" can negotiate a deal that's good for both taxpayers and workers.
The NSW Supreme Court has ruled that a former chief executive's settlement of a dispute over the termination of his employment contract did not end his entitlement to a bonus triggered by the sale of the company.
NSW nurses and midwives have defied a tribunal's anti-strike orders, telling its members the State Government has left them with "no choice but to fight".
A leading IR law academic says he would not be surprised if the Albanese Government proposes a Fair Work court to operate alongside the FWC if it is returned at the next federal election, while SA Employment Tribunal President Stephen Dolphin recommends looking to the "exceptional" model in his State.
