Victoria's industrial manslaughter legislation is doomed, after the Liberals, who have the numbers in the Upper House, announced today they would block the bill.
Queensland's new OH&S code for call centres would apply to every centre in the state, not just government departments, a senior State DIR official had told a union call centre conference in Brisbane.
Professional women in male-dominated industries are four times less likely to have children than their counterparts in feminised industries, a national study has revealed.
Adelaide's sole container stevedore, CSX World Terminals, has negotiated a new enterprise deal with the MUA that has cut labour costs and staffing levels.
The NSW Labor Council has endorsed a national public health campaign that suggests entire workplaces should receive flu vaccinations at the employer's cost.
The Government's unfair dismissal exemption bill for small business again appears to be doomed in the Senate, with both the Democrats and ALP telling a conference today that they would reject it.
The Federal Court has quashed a national ASU decision to transfer more than 150 PhoneTAB employees from the NSW clerical branch to the NSW & ACT services branch because of delegate dissatisfaction, saying the move contravened union rules.
About half the national call centre workforce - an estimated 110,000 employees - receive less that the minimum wages set out in the ACTU's minimum standards code, according to research released today by the peak union body.
Workers on the $400 million Tasmanian natural gas pipeline installation project have won significant pay increases following protracted industrial action over pay and conditions within months of a deal being certified.
