NSW's statutory workers compensation scheme will make substantial savings under new provisions that aim to simplify claims and keep them out of court, after legislation passed through the Upper House early this morning.
In what might herald a more activist role for ACCI in driving IR change, Peter Anderson - a senior advisor to WR Ministers Peter Reith and Tony Abbott - is to replace long-serving Bryan Noakes, executive director of the peak group's Melbourne office, who is retiring.
The IRC has ordered an employer to make bonus payments to mineworkers, despite them failing to meet targets because of disruptions caused by safety meetings the employer had called.
An unfair dismissal ruling by the IRC highlights the importance of ensuring that supervisors closely monitor employees' compliance with anti-harassment policies.
Working parents in the UK with children under the age of six will soon have the right to request flexible working hours, while new legislation introduced this month boosts paid maternity leave to 26 weeks and introduces paid paternity and adoption leave.
In a crucial decision for users and suppliers of temporary labour, the WA IRC has ordered a labour hire company to pay compensation to a worker who was unfairly dismissed by a host employer.
Wage growth in enterprise agreements is steady at 3.9% a year, while enterprise bargaining is now almost universal in the federal public sector, according to the DEWR.
In a bid to provide a major boost to its Combet-era organising focus, the ACTU has decided to dip into its reserves to fund a $1m program to train workplace delegates and activists.
