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Unions pursue new pay equity case

In the first of many expected new cases in NSW addressing pay equity in the wake of the PSA's recent success for librarians, the MEU has applied to the State IRC to redress the alleged undervaluation of female employees' work in the local government sector.

Don't write the obituary for awards: ACIRRT

Awards might be making a comeback as a major influence on wage movements, ACIRRT deputy director John Buchanan told a Sydney conference today.

Age discrimination finding upheld

An employer who dismissed two storemen to cut costs but then employed two younger workers in their place discriminated on the basis on age, the Queensland Supreme Court has found.

WA workers land another blow on Rio Tinto

Workers at Argyle Diamonds have delivered Rio Tinto a resounding 83% vote against moving to the federal IR system, after workers at Hamersley Iron and Dampier Salt also voted down similar proposals last week.

WA boosts minimum wage

WA has increased its minimum wage to match the national standard.

Tannock the new deputy at MUA

Jim Tannock has replaced Mick O'Leary as second in charge to national secretary Paddy Crumlin.

Low-wage solution is no solution, paper argues

A new paper by two leading labour market researchers has rejected the argument that government transfers provide the means for Australia to further deregulate its labour market without developing a US-style working poor.

Cole Australia's best-paid public official, says Labor

Building and Construction Royal Commissioner Justice Terence Cole is receiving an annual salary of $660,000 - three times that of HIH Royal Commissioner Justice Neville Owen, according to details Labor has obtained in Senate Estimates hearings.

Pilbara workers reject Rio's bid to flee State system

In a shock result for Rio Tinto that has ramifications across the WA mining industry, two of its four Pilbara sites have rejected its bid to move to the federal IR system, and a third is expected to go the same way when votes are counted later tonight.

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