Almost 700 Reserve Bank employees have won annual average pay rises of 3.83% a year with the potential for more from a 2% annual bonus pool and a "career increment" pool that has been set at about 1% for the first year, under a new agreement with the FSU.
Don't provide ballot papers with deal, says FWA; Victoria Police to investigate Thomson; Unions denounce Qantas threats; and Disability payment challenge fails.
The Victorian Supreme Court has ruled that a senior employee is not required to re-pay a 12-week redundancy payout that her former employer wanted back after discovering it had no legal obligation to make it.
SDA takes 90-minute after-school shifts fight to Federal Court; Reith and Riley to speak at Victorian IR Society conference; Compensation for worker who made throat-slitting gesture; Todd takes up job as Hilton Worldwide's regional HR director.
The ACTU will be pushing for the share of tax paid by business to be maintained, arguing that company regime is already globally among "the most competitive and innovation-friendly", at next week's tax summit in Canberra, which will be attended by more than 20 senior representatives of unions and employer associations.
The High Court has dismissed a bid by Roy Morgan Research Pty Ltd to scupper the Super Guarantee Charge that acts as an incentive for employers to make superannuation contributions on behalf of their employees.
A court has has temporarily restrained a WA council from taking adverse action against employees who are publicly advocating support for their enterprise bargaining claims during a local government election campaign.
FWA has issued a bargaining order sought by the AMWU after finding an employer conducted itself unfairly when it ran a "carefully orchestrated" campaign to provide immediate pay rises to lure employees out of being represented by the union during agreement negotiations. Meanwhile, a FWA full bench will today hear the employer's appeal against the rejection of its agreement.
