The NSW branch of the CFMEU (construction division) has begun signing up employers to its latest bargaining claim, which delivers workers 5% annual increases until 2011 - slightly discounted by a smaller increment agreed to for this October in the now expired last-round deal.
The ALAEA will begin rolling strikes at Qantas on Monday after a series of meetings between the union and the airline failed to resolve the deadlock over their pay dispute.
A court has restrained a former employee's use of confidential information, after he inadvertently sent an email to his former employer that appeared to draw on secret data.
HR directors can earn up to $400,000 in NSW, while IR/ER managers can get up to $170,000 in WA and Queensland, according to a HR salary guide released today.
The Federal Government's release yesterday of its new National Employment Standards plus its revised award modernisation request have answered many significant questions about the safety net under Forward with Fairness, but there are still pieces of the jigsaw missing.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty Ltd to pay $120,000 in penalties for coercing 12 casual employees to sign AWAs, after finding it was a "big company that should have done better" and showed itself to be "surprisingly unsophisticated" on HR matters.
The AIRC will create a modern award to cover non-managerial employees in award-free frontier industries and occupations, after Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard today modified her award modernisation request.
