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NSW IRC sets deadline for cash-in-transit changes

NSW cash-in-transit companies have two months to apply new safety measures after the NSW IRC forged an interim award which creates the first comprehensive regime governing work conditions in this industry.

Temps win 9% increase, unpaid maternity leave

Temps employed by recruitment and labour hire company Hays Personnel Services have won a pay increase that averages 9% over three years and access to unpaid maternity leave, under the company's first national enterprise agreement.

ACIRRT director calls for new deal

New institutions are needed to create regulatory and support systems suited to the contemporary labour market, according to ACIRRT director Ron Callus.

Little-known provision provides quick remedy

A ruling in the NSW Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court has highlighted a fast and cost-effective but little-used way for workers engaged on common law contracts to recoup underpaid remuneration.

Government appoints new IRC members as election nears

On the eve of an election, the Howard Government has announced the appointment of six new IRC members - five of them with backgrounds in the employer community or Conservative politics - and provoked an angry reaction from the Opposition.

Contractors 10% of workforce: report

Self-employed contractors now constitute one in 10 workers, up 15% on 20 years ago, according to a new Productivity Commission research paper.

$25,000 payout for humiliation of sexual harassment

A tribunal has ordered a takeaway shop and its male owner-manager to pay a 16-year-old female sales assistant $25,000 in general damages for hurt, humiliation, loss of dignity and injury arising from sexual harassment and discrimination she suffered at his hands.

Cole Commission begins directions hearings

The Cole Royal Commission into the building and construction industry will begin direction hearings in all capitals from October 10.

Productivity up again on docks

Substantially improved efficiency on the Melbourne and Fremantle docks has produced another record five-port waterfront productivity performance.

Cartwright FOA breach attracts tiny proportion of maximum fine

The Federal Court has valued a serious freedom of association breach by former Telstra ER director Rob Cartwright at just $1.70 - 0.02% of the maximum $10,000 penalty - for each of the 44,000 affected employees.

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