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High Court IR ad spending case to continue tomorrow

The High Court's seven-member full bench will tomorrow continue hearing the ACTU/ALP bid to stop further IR ad spending by the Federal Government.

ACIRRT real wages claims "fundamentally flawed", says PM

Prime Minister John Howard says analysis released today that casts doubt over his claim that real wages have grown by 14% in the past nine years is "fundamentally flawed".

PM's wage claims five times higher than reality, say unions

Non-managerial workers have received a real pay increase of just 2.6% over the past six years, which falls well short of the 14% real pay increase since 1996 that PM John Howard repeatedly cites, according to analysis conducted for Unions NSW.

$10 million package for retrenched Holden workers

The Federal and SA Governments have this afternoon announced a $10 million package to assist workers retrenched at Holden's Elizabeth plant in SA.

TWU building firewall against Howard's IR changes

The TWU in NSW is seeking to build a firewall against the Federal Government's proposed IR changes - including the expanded unfair dismissal exemption - by getting transport employers to commit to recognising existing employee and union entitlements regardless of future legislative change.

Employer summarily sacked pregnant worker for trumped-up reasons

A pregnant office administrator who was summarily dismissed on the "pretext" of performance issues had an implied right under common law to procedural fairness from her employer, the Federal Magistrates Court has found.

ABC delegate guilty of misconduct, but management should toughen up: AIRC

An ABC supervisor showed a "certain lack of robustness" in being affronted by name calling by a CPSU delegate, the AIRC as found. However, the Commission found a "first warning" letter to the delegate was warranted over his inappropriate use of the organisation's internal email system.

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