AFPC exempts NSW SACS award from pay rise for work value increase; Employer wins operational reasons case; Nurse sacked for violence wins job back; Mighell open letter to Rudd; ETU ads misleading, says Hockey; Catholic book calls for more changes to Work Choices; and ICA welcomes ALP policy details.
Unions at Foster's Brewery in Yatala in Queensland and at the Cochlear implant factory in Sydney say employers at both sites are still insisting on non-union agreements despite employees overwhelmingly endorsing union representation in the agreement-making process.
Real pay rises flowing from the Fair Pay Commission's minimum wages decision today will depend on low inflation forecasts being realised over the 10-month period of the determination.
In its second minimum wage determination, handed down this morning, the Australian Fair Pay Commission has awarded another two-tiered increase, with employees on pay scales up to $700-a-week to receive $10.26-a-week extra and those earning more than that $5.30 - effective from October 1.
The fact sheet that all federal system employers must give to current employees by October 20 has been released by the government and is available from today on the internet or by telephone order.
Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard today resisted pressure from business groups to reveal more details of Labor's IR policies on secondary boycotts, employers' common law rights, union right of entry and transitional arrangements for the abolition of AWAs.
The decision to allow John Holland to exit the state workers compensation scheme in favour of the Federal Government's self-insurance option under Comcare is under challenge in the Federal Court.
Central Queensland University breached the consultative provisions in its certified agreement when it decided not to renew the contracts of 25% of its general staff, the AIRC has found in private arbitration.
