NSW public school teachers to stop work tomorrow, Victoria expected to follow next month; Public sector pay growth slips to 11-year low; ABS to axe labour price index, maintain wage price index; and ACTU secure work report now available.
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has told unions that they have never been more relevant, and maintained it was a conservative "fantasy" and "lie" that the economy would benefit if they and the Fair Work Act were both killed off.
Productivity improvements and better investment returns will not be delivered by a simple change to legislation, Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten said today in response to BHP Billiton chair Jac Nasser’s call for the Federal Government to ensure the Fair Work Act review sets up Australia’s long-term economic future.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has upheld an employee's right to have her workplace discrimination claim fully heard rather than have some of them struck out on the application of her employer.
The Queensland Government has been denied a request for legal representation in a case involving alleged victimisation of an employee who made a bullying complaint, but it can have a government legal officer represent it.
Former Federal Court judge Rodney Madgwick will chair a four-member panel to recommend reforms to the governance and accountability of unions, ACTU secretary-elect Dave Oliver told the organisation's Congress in Sydney this afternoon.
The ACTU's executive's meeting next month will consider a detailed plan to campaign against insecure work - including legislative changes - after the head of its inquiry into the issue told the organisation's triennial Congress that it "cries out for action".
The AEC is seeking further information from the HSU and ALP on just four items of expenditure totalling $17,000 on Craig Thomson’s election campaign for the seat of Dobell, finding most of the spending was within electoral guidelines.
Long-serving Victorian CFMEU official John Setka is seeking unspecified damages in a defamation action against Opposition Leader Tony Abbott over comments allegedly made in response to questions at an employer conference and during a media interview.
ACTU affiliates have unanimously voted in favour of lifting their fees to the peak body by 12% over three years, while they will also pay a new levy to fund ongoing campaigns similar to the successful Your Rights at Work, which is credited with winning Labor the 2007 election.
