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Anderson speaks out again on executive pay

Former BHP chief executive Paul Anderson has renewed his assault on executive pay, but unions remain unimpressed by his credentials.

Inflation trend might generate wage pressures next year

Living costs have increased by 3.2% in the year to September, after a 0.7% increase in the September quarter, according to the ABS.

Depression no excuse for theft

A power worker sacked for alleged theft has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected, after the Queensland IRC refused to accept that his employer had failed to consider his depressed mental state.

Benchmark request premature: AIRC

A WA nursing home will appeal against AIRC Deputy President Brendan McCarthy191s refusal to designate a benchmark award ahead of an agreement being negotiated.

Westfield deal a breakthrough, says CFMEU

In what it claims is a major breakthrough in its 36-hour-week campaign, the CFMEU's construction division NSW branch has struck a project agreement with major construction company Westfield that provides for the site to close down for six long weekends a year.

Sales commission not wages, says IRC

The Queensland IRC has compensated a sales manager for his unfair dismissal, but has refused to include commissions of up to $5,000-a-month in the calculation for lost remuneration.

NSW sparkies go out

ETU members in Sydney have stopped work today in support of their full 36-hour-week claim, after plumbers accepted a compromise deal that phases in the shorter week over three years and substantially discounts the pay claim.

News briefs, October 21, 2002

Stopwork on Thursday at DEWR; High Court reserves in vicarious liability case; Low control work boosts risk of stress, heart attack; Australia Post disability case begins tomorrow; Rayner appointed to anti-corruption job; and more.

NT lifts paid maternity leave to ILO standard

The Northern Territory is now the public sector pacesetter on paid maternity leave, after boosting the entitlement from 12 to 14 weeks.

NSW building: Slowly and quietly, CFMEU makes progress

The CFMEU has finished the first week of its 36-hour week campaign in the NSW construction industry with 20 formworking companies agreeing to its claim and the major steelfixers and bricklayers close, according to state secretary Andrew Ferguson.

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