Telstra has put a pay offer on the table that would deliver its workers a 9% pay rise over three years and a sign-on bonus of up to 2%, but unions say it is inadequate and have questioned the timing of the announcement.
A senior sales executive has been ordered to pay back his $150,000 severance payout, after the NSW Court of Appeal overturned an earlier ruling that he was entitled to nine months pay in lieu of notice following his dismissal.
Cuts to working hours in Australia during the global financial crisis may have prevented more widespread job losses but they have also lead to growing discontent among workers, according to the OECD.
A court has ordered the director of a printing company to pay $33,000 in compensation and penalties to a production manager who he dismissed for being absent because of a workplace injury.
Fair Work Australia has rejected a bid by an oil and gas industry labour and logistics provider for good faith orders to force the MUA to provide further written details of its bargaining claim.
Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has today introduced a bill to ensure that federal public sector long service legislation continues to cover Telstra's workforce.
The AMWU and Campbell's Australia are moving towards agreement on a "collective flexibility clause" that could help resolve the dispute that has left workers locked out of the company's Shepparton plant this week.
A publisher has won an injunction to stop a former editor and marketing manager of one of its magazines from using a contact list of its clients in her new role with a rival publication.
Employees on 457 visas will pay their own health insurance costs under changes to the temporary work scheme that took effect yesterday, while the new requirement to pay market rates won't apply until next year to employers of existing 457 visa holders.
AMWU members have voted to seek a protected action ballot at Ford Australia, after failing to win agreement on a pay rise despite months of negotiations that the union readily concedes have been conducted in good faith.
