In a radical move, the ACTU in its reasonable hours test case will pursue an entitlement to additional paid leave when employees work beyond prescribed "extreme" hours caps.
Tallies have been formally removed as an allowable matter and replaced with incentive-based payments, after the Senate passed heavily-amended Government legislation today.
An IRC full bench has found a mining company didn't give a fair go to an underground mineworker with a depressive illness when it ruled him unfit despite two doctors giving the all clear for his return to work.
Wages increased by an average of 3.8% a year in large December quarter 2000 enterprise agreements covering at least 500 employees, according to analysis by HSBC.
The South Australian IRC's landmark casual clerks decision last year was unjust in granting casuals an unfettered right to convert to permanent status without giving employers the right to object, a full bench has found in upholding an appeal by employers.
The Federal Court has ruled that a company's "spill and fill" retrenchment process was not an attempt to unlawfully coerce or discriminate against union members.
Fairfax has struck a interim deal with printing unions that it hopes will allow an orderly transition from its existing inner-Melbourne printing operation to its new $220m greenfields site.
The ACTU's new fairness at work manifesto, Our Future at Work, fleshes out the reasonable hours test case the peak body is expected to outline in more detail later this week.
The AiG has warned employers to be careful not to give the metal unions a "free kick" and allow them to use the new casual conversion provisions in the industry award as a recruitment tool.
BHP Coal has failed in its bid to suspend the bargaining periods at the five central Queensland mines involved in a protracted dispute with the CFMEU (mining & energy division), meaning a seven-day strike called last week is continuing.
