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Channel Seven offers 9% base rate pay rise

Channel Seven has offered about 2,000 workers a 9% increase on their award base rates of pay over three years in its latest round of bargaining with the CPSU.

Maritime unions overcome hurdle to roping in foreign ship

In a landmark decision with huge ramifications for Australian shipping, a full bench of the IRC has effectively found that its jurisdiction extends to non-Australian employees of foreign-owned companies.

Manufacturers breach outworker provisions: TCFU

The TCFU has filed Federal Court actions against 30 clothing manufacturing companies, alleging they have breached outworker and contractor provisions in the federal clothing trades award.

Record productivity on Australian docks; plus news briefs

Productivity across Australia's five ports has reached the highest level recorded, at 26.9 containers an hour in the June quarter, according to the latest Waterline report.

"Zero tolerance" taskforce for construction industry

The Federal Government will spend $6.5m over nine months on an interim taskforce to regulate conduct in the construction industry.

State-Federal Government clash adjourned

The NSW IRC has adjourned for a month an important test case on whether employers can offer s170LK agreements during bargaining periods to workers on State awards.

WA IRC seeks input on good faith law

The WA Industrial Registrar is seeking input on how the new good-faith bargaining laws should work.

Council introduces covert surveillance policy

A council in South Australia has introduced a new covert surveillance policy that formalises the employer's right to monitor workers suspected of gross misconduct.

Commission gives employer a haircut

The IRC has found that a worker's dismissal for failing to immediately pay for a jar of hair gel, contrary to company policy, was unfair.

IRC reins in multi-employer agreements

The IRC has made it clear that it won't certify multi-employer agreements if the businesses covered are capable of negotiating enterprise-specific deals. It has also ruled out a clause providing for exclusive recognition of the shop union.

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