Workers employed by outsourced service provider Serco have voted resoundingly against having their employment regulated by AWAs, while National Rail workers have won a 4% increase over 12 months ahead of the organisation's privatisation.
Some 15,000 female employees in the NSW local government sector have won nine weeks paid maternity leave under a consent award ratified by the State IRC yesterday.
WA unions have broken with protocol by using an official IRC welcome ceremony to criticise the appointment of new IRC member Nick Blain, a former advisor to the last WA Liberal Government's Labour Relations Minister, Graham Kierath.
Some 20,000 Victorian public servants stand to get pay increases of 9% over two years, after unions and the State Government forged an in-principle accord on key elements of wages and conditions.
Queensland's professional lifeguards will receive free rubber gloves, Hepatitis B vaccinations, sunscreen and protective clothing under an award variation granted by the Queensland IRC.
Thousands of maintenance workers at Qantas have moved a step closer to taking industrial action after a meeting between airline and maintenance unions in Sydney today failed to revive talks over wages.
Some 1,000 employees of Melbourne City Council have won a 5% pay increase over 12 months, and will soon be balloted on whether to vary the new agreement to include a bargaining fee clause.
The Federal Court has given a strong indication that the metals unions can take lawful protected action in pursuit of their revised claim for employees' entitlements to be put in a trust fund.
