After a 12-month wage freeze, Qantas employees will receive a bonus of at least 4% in August, after the airline announced it would exceed its profit target of $550m before tax by more than 10% this financial year.
The High Court's Justice Mary Gaudron, the court's first female judge and one of three judges on the court with an IR track record, will retire in February next year.
Peak bodies in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania have applied for a flow-on of the $18-a-week minimum wage increase handed down by the federal IRC, while Victorian unions are pursuing the full $25 increase initially sought by the ACTU in its national claim.
A Federal Court full bench has today quashed a ruling by Justice Ron Merkel that cast a shadow over thousands of enterprise agreements and introduced significant uncertainty over protected action.
A Federal Court full bench has made it clear that employers and recruiters can be sued under the Trade Practices Act for making misleading representations to candidates for jobs.
Some 650 lawyers and legal support staff at the Australian Government Solicitor are set to receive a minimum 7.4% pay rise over two years and a 10% profit bonus under a new non-union agreement.
The 1,700 senior executives in the Australian Public Service received median base pay increases of 4% to 5.7% in 2001, while base pay has continued to grow faster than total remuneration, according to a new survey commissioned by DEWR.
A new levy is one means of addressing Australian employers' falling contribution to training and education, on the basis that "you value what you pay for", a discussion paper has found.
Recent dismissal decisions have highlighted the importance of employers ensuring they have watertight redundancy provisions, according to an IR lawyer.
