FWA rejects five part ballot question; Casino workers consider Spring Carnival strike; FWA extends 30-day action period; $2.5m in FWO grants to employer organisations; and World Day for Decent Work
ANZ pays childcare allowance for new parents returning to work; Plan now for transition to paid parental leave regime, says AMMA; and All-male boards increase from 51% to 54%, says EOWA-commissioned study.
The ACTU will work with non-Labor parties and independents to advance the interests of union members, according to ACTU president Ged Kearney, who today also acknowledged that aspects of the Greens' IR policy were superior to Labor's.
A former employee of a Commonwealth Bank subsidiary has been granted permission by a Federal Court full bench to expand the sexual harassment claim she lodged in 2008 to include allegations of sexual assault and that the bank ran a "smear campaign" against her that amounted to "injurious falsehood".
Demarcation gap scuttles MUA organiser's majority support bid; ASU national executive opposing Queensland merger; AWU fined for unlawful strikes; and FWA confirms research agenda
Unions should adapt their organising strategies to focus on the mounting risks employees face in their home, work and financial lives in the post-GFC world, according to new research for the ACTU.
Fair Work Australia has questioned why workers would vote for a four-year agreement that only provided a pay rise if its loaded hourly rates fell below award base rates, in refusing an employer's application to certify a deal - one of three similar agreements rejected recently.
Pay rises in private sector agreements lodged with FWA in the March quarter delivered 3.8% annually, marking the third successive quarter of sub-4% growth.
The Federal Government has this morning introduced legislation to establish an Age Discrimination Commissioner in the Australian Human Rights Commission as part of a bill reintroducing amendments to strengthen the Sex Discrimination Act.
