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Employers to be exempt from tolerance bill

The Victorian Opposition plans to use its numbers in the State's Upper House to amend the Government's Racial and Religious Tolerance Bill to exempt employers from prosecution for a first offence.


Express news briefs

IRC upholds Telstra sacking over privacy breach; women leaving retail due to hours; solicitor who allegedly discriminated against employee wins temporary anonymity; and more.



WA award workers win safety net increase

Workers covered by WA awards have won a pay rise of $13 to $17 a week from August, after the State's IRC flowed on the federal IRC's May 2 national wage case decision.


CEPU and secretary penalised for coercion

The Federal Court has ordered the CEPU, its Victorian secretary Dean Mighell and an organiser to pay a total of $9,500 in penalties to Channel Seven for unlawfully coercing the company.


Call centre agreement incorporates standards code

A Gold Coast call centre has incorporated the ACTU's call centre minimum standards code in its new agreement and boosted pay by 14%, coinciding with Queensland unions today launching a campaign to convince Gold Coast call centre operators to sign up to the code.


Return to partnership approach, says AIG

AIG chief executive Bob Herbert has called for a return to the partnership approach between employers and unions that the then MTIA used successfully in the 1970s.




Abbott supports One.Tel workers

The federal Government has today intervened to support the CPSU's bid to win redundancy entitlements for One.Tel workers.


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