The FSU has rejected the CBA's bargaining offer of a 6% pay increase plus a 2% boost in super contributions over two years and is now consulting its members about the next step.
The Federal Opposition has moved a step closer to obtaining secret documents prepared for former WR Minister Peter Reith in the lead-up to the 1998 waterfront dispute, following a High Court ruling today.
Building and Construction Royal Commissioner Terence Cole is questioning whether enterprise bargaining is suited to the industry, in his latest discussion paper.
The Federal Court has found that the job a Qantas worker was doing when injured – not the work he had done with the airline while rehabilitating – was what mattered when considering whether he was unlawfully terminated because of his disability.
In two rulings that illustrate the importance for recruitment companies and employers of selecting people on the basis of their suitability for the job, a tribunal has found one recruitment company discriminated against a transgender person, but that another didn't.
Wages for call centre employees have grown at 3.82% in the current financial year, down from last year's average increase of 4.5%, according to an authoritative survey.
The federal secretary of the AMWU food and confectionery division has retained her position by only 16 votes in the union's national election which was declared today.
Employers need to be careful to re-employ workers in their previous capacity after a reinstatement order, especially in "industrially charged" workplaces, an IRC full bench has highlighted.
