The increased pace of wages growth in the September quarter was not "view changing", and the overall gradual rise in wage rates in Australia was what the Reserve Bank expected for an economy emerging from a downturn, the central bank's governor Glenn Stevens said today.
A fast food employer has failed to secure approval to include a preferred hours clause in its proposed agreement, despite arguing its casual employees would struggle to compete for work without it.
MUA wins ballots at Patricks ports in WA; NSW nurses to close beds if no ratio offer from Government; FWA warns on agreement template; Right to return to part-time work on Brumby agenda; and Correction on desalination plant workforce
The AiG is leading an employer push to prevent what it says is penalty rate double-dipping on public holidays, but unions and the Greens have moved to safeguard employees' rights to penalties when they work on Christmas Day.
The NSW Government has secured the passage of an IR bill aimed at ensuring the survival of significant private sector state awards made redundant by the referral of NSW's IR powers to Canberra.
A failure by former ABC Commissioner John Lloyd to lawfully delegate his functions internally meant the watchdog's notice requiring rigger Ark Tribe to attend a compulsory interview was invalid, the Adelaide Magistrates Court has ruled.
Fair Work Australia is yet to rule on whether employees and their representatives can take protected industrial action against an employer that refuses to bargain, but its past decisions hint at the direction it might take, according to a leading labour law academic.
Ark Tribe, the first rank and file building worker to be charged and face jail for failing to attend a compulsory ABCC interview, has this morning been found not guilty.
FWA seeking feedback on wage review timetable; Gillard seeks to quell disquiet over equal pay; and Employee wins access to GEERS following reinstatement.
A female hairdresser who was sexually harassed by her male boss has won $20,000 in damages, plus costs, after a ruling by a full bench of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal.
