New pay scales must be carefully drafted, says AiG; Court finds dismissed employee guilty of contempt; Industry super funds outperforming retail competitors; New AIRC newsletter; and Vinnies employees get their jobs back.
The Workplace Authority’s newly-released policy guidelines for the fairness test underline the importance of employers seeking advice when making agreements and the value of taking advantage of pre-lodgement assessments, according to ACCI’s workplace policy director, Peter Anderson.
The Australian Mines and Metals Association has decided to contribute half a million dollars to the employer groups’ proposed advertising campaign in support of Work Choices, which looks likely to start next month.
An epileptic nurse who was rostered to work a split-shift despite telling his manager that he could not do so because of his illness has won an unlawful discrimination claim.
Material before the SA IRC’s inquiry into the Federal Government’s new IR laws points “almost exclusively” to a conclusion that “the impact of Work Choices is negative for South Australian employees”, according to the Commission’s interim report.
Two former directors of a stone company who were permanently banned by a court from using the firm's allegedly confidential information in a rival business have won leave to appeal the decision in the NSW Court of Appeal.
Workplace Ombudsman Nick Wilson has called on franchisors and their peak group to help franchisees to understand and comply with their obligations to employees, after revealing that his office had investigated seven Baker’s Delight franchises last year and 11 this year.
The AIRC has reinstated a long-serving Qantas international flight attendant who was dismissed for allegedly stealing chocolates and biscuits that he had in his pockets and luggage.
Pocock joins Peetz on Hockey hit list, after report finds Work Choices empowers employers to treat workers with disdain; ACCI general council criticises fairness test; maintains it was unnecessary; Harkins and CEPU back in court in September; Documentary on violent 1929 coal mining dispute to air on pay-tv; Workers can take every fifth year off at St George; AIRC to review wages and allowances next month; New pay scales must be carefully drafted, says AiG; and Hockey to roll up his sleeves.
The Government's IR changes in the building industry have helped produce a 9.5% improvement in labour productivity in the sector and a nine percentage point cut (from a 10.7% historical average in 2002 to 1.7% in 2007) in the cost gap between commercial and residential construction, according to a consultant's report commissioned by the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
