The CPSU has accused Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott's own department of falling into the "bad boss" category by sending employees unsolicited emails promoting its latest bargaining offer.
The IRC has criticised the AMWU for taking strike action instead of following dispute settlement procedures in its enterprise agreement, when it issued a s127 order against workers at a maintenance contractor.
The Global Tele Sales full bench award arbitration is shaping to be an important test case for contract call centre regulation, after the bench this week granted the ACTU leave to intervene.
The Queensland Government has recruited former PM Bob Hawke to review its public sector enterprise bargaining system, amid further breakdowns in negotiations over public health workers' wages and conditions.
The ACTU is seeking to double the award maximum severance pay entitlement from eight to 16 weeks, in the first bid to increase the national redundancy safety net for almost 20 years.
AMWU Victorian branch secretary Craig Johnston has been suspended on full pay pending an investigation into allegations he breached union rules, following an internal union review today.
The Federal Government would fund a safety net maternity payment of $431 a week while employers would pay a levy of less than $1 a week to top up payments to a maximum of $981 a week, under a plan for 14 weeks paid maternity leave advocated by the ACTU.
The Federal Court has found that a transmission of business between two companies occurred despite them having no commercial dealings, because their relationship with a third company facilitated the transmission.
The Howard Government has confirmed that it won't be conducting a new national workplace survey this financial year to follow on from comprehensive research conducted in 1990 and 1995.
