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Airport guards strike after IRC refuses pay increase

Chubb security guards who perform security screening at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport have gone out for 24 hours, after an IRC full bench today refused to grant their union191s bid to make an arbitrated award that would match their pay with Chubb's competitor, Group 4 Securitas.

Sacked SA workers can have second go at dismissal claim

In an important clarification of a section of legislation on dismissal cases in South Australia, a full bench has ruled the State IRC has power to hear actions that have previously been discontinued.

Packer halves qualifying time for paid maternity leave

A new agreement at Kerry Packer's Australian Consolidated Press reduces the qualifying period for paid maternity leave.

Arbitrated award ruling might override AWAs, s170LKs

Employees of the federal Government's security service have won a 19% pay increase under a s170MX arbitrated award, in a ruling that might mean such awards override AWAs and s170LK agreements.

Victorian police do deal but maintain bans

Victorian police are maintaining work bans, despite yesterday reaching in-principle agreement with the State Government over pay and conditions.

High Court's Kirby says critics contemptible

The High Court's Justice Michael Kirby has rounded on critics who labelled his recent speech on IR law as partisan.

Former NSW union boss was cold war spy: book

The author of a new book on NSW Labor Council leaders says former secretary Jim Kenny was an ASIO spy while in office, while NSW Premier Bob Carr has defended the anti-communist push of Kenny and the like-minded groupers.

Demotion for misdemeanour not justified

The NSW IRC has found the State's Police Service was too harsh when it demoted a constable for playing another police officer a recording of a call from a suspected criminal to a 0055 sex line.

Aged care nurses start industrial campaign

Nurses working in the ailing Commonwealth-funded private and not-for-profit aged-care sector will take unprecedented industrial action to pressure employers to boost staffing levels.

Court makes rare use of organisational validation provisions

The Federal Court has used the WR Act's validation provisions to retrospectively authorise decisions made by a union, even though it hadn't validly filled positions on its management committee.

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