The metal industry unions have significantly narrowed the scope of their industry trust fund, Manusafe, and, in another major development, will now seek to collect contributions to the fund in the same way they approach wages claims.
Salaries for middle-level HR managers have increased by 15% over the past two years and at an even greater rate for more senior managers, according to a leading specialist HR recruitment company.
The Federal Court has upheld a former chief executive's entitlement to $567,000 in untaken sick leave, in a ruling that is a warning to employers to carefully check the terms of employment contracts.
The IRC has refused to certify a non-union deal, in a ruling that underlines the onus on employers to strictly follow the rules when making an agreement directly with employees.
As the US economy slows down, an outplacement company has outlined the qualities it believes employees will need to avoid retrenchment: willingness to work unlimited hours (a "clockless worker"), perform the jobs of two people, work with unlimited flexibility and spend their own money and time on training.
A full bench of the IRC has reserved its decision in an appeal against a landmark decision that opened the way for thousands of workers with no award entitlement to severance pay to claim it via the Workplace Relations Act’s termination provisions.
BHP’s unionised iron ore workers in the Pilbara are gearing up for their first spate of industrial action since the Federal Court individual contracts case put an end to on-the-ground campaigns, and could start four-hour rolling stoppages from today.
A casual employee who worked at the same hotel for two-and-a-half years cannot lodge an unfair dismissal claim because the business changed hands during that period and he was with the new owners for only seven months, the IRC has ruled.
