A NSW software sales executive who was made redundant has won an unfair contracts case because his pay-out made no provision for the substantial commission he'd been receiving, or his superannuation and car allowance.
Wage rates in private sector enterprise agreements increased by 4.1% in the December quarter, up from 3.9% the previous quarter, according to the DEWRSB.
The new WA Government has announced it will increase the State's minimum wage by $32.40 a week to $400.40, bringing it into line with the safety net in the other states.
BHP Coal in Queensland continues to be hit with industrial action, with workers at the crucial Hay Point loading facility in Mackay going out for 24 hours this morning.
In one of the few amalgamations planned since the end of the Kelty mega-merger era, white-collar professional unions APESMA and the ACSA are planning to join forces.
With the ACTU committed to examining the feasibility of establishing works councils, Sydney University’s Professor Ron McCallum looks at the history of such organisations, and whether they are appropriate for Australian workplaces.
Mandatory worker participation mechanisms such as European-style works councils need to be adopted because HR management has failed to deliver on its promise to empower and give autonomy to workers, acccording to a discussion paper released at the ACTU's executive meeting today.
The IRC has confirmed last December's unprecedented finding that effectively opened the door for the AMWU to pursue Southcorp for entitlements lost by Steel, Tank and Pipe employees - despite Southcorp having had nothing to do with those workers for nearly four years.
