Some 6,000 employees of Westpac subsidiaries St George and BankSA will receive guaranteed 4% pay rises under a newly-approved agreement negotiated with the FSU.
A long-awaited review has called for sweeping changes to the WA IR system, but the State Government's brief response gives little away on whether it will accept key recommendations on individual contracts and unfair dismissal.
In an important ruling on employer response action under the Fair Work Act, the Federal Court has upheld the validity of a company's notification that it would lock out its employees if they proceeded with protected strike action.
AEU unveils claim for new Victorian teachers deal; Abbott leaves the door open on IR reform; FWA updates ruling on long service leave cashing out; and Skills body declared a state system employer.
Tasmania's peak union body and a key Labor committee have called on the Bartlett Government to withdraw the state's referral of its IR powers to Canberra.
Fair Work Australia has cut in half a worker's redundancy payout after finding his employer was the "moving force" in securing him another job, but rejected the employer's argument that its parlous financial position also justified a reduction.
Workplace Relations Minister Chris Evans has today seized on calls by senior Coalition figures and backbenchers for further IR change as evidence of the Opposition's ongoing support for Work Choices, in a week in which Coalition Leader Tony Abbott hosed down the need for reform.
IR shake-up recommended for TAFEs; IR barristers take silk; Cleaners' portable long service bill through; Dalla-Riva new Victorian IR Minister; and Recognition for McCallum
A mining worker on a fly-in, fly-out roster has been awarded $22,000 after the Federal Court found he was not a casual despite being engaged and paid as one and that his employer couldn't offset a component of the all-up rate it paid him against the annual leave he was owed.
