The row over Qantas training its managers to perform ramp duties performed by TWU members hasn't derailed bargaining negotiations, with the airline due within a few days to respond to the transport union's claim, according to national secretary John Allan.
The IRC will tomorrow afternoon begin hearing the CPSU's application to incorporate a redundancy entitlement of four weeks per year of service in the award covering the 1,400 employees of troubled telco One.Tel.
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Employers who prevent employees from being represented by their preferred union during enterprise bargaining negotiations might be breaching the WR Act's anti-discrimination provisions, following a Federal Court interlocutory ruling.
Townsville City Council's 400 State award employees have received an extra week of annual leave instead of a 2% pay rise, under their recently certified two-year agreement.
Australian employers are lagging at least three years behind their US counterparts in embracing online recruitment and are missing out on substantial cost and time savings, according to an e-recruitment expert.
The ACTU will announce today that it will campaign for a substantial boost to minimum wages for the low paid during the coming federal election campaign, claiming the IRC lacks the guts to provide a big enough increase.
In a ruling that clarifies the circumstances where summary dismissal is not justified, the Victorian Supreme Court has awarded $157,000 to a dismissed senior executive.