A new report into mature age employment says it is more effective to include diversity policies in workplace agreements or combine all EEO categories into one broad policy, rather than implement a myriad of "off the shelf" strategies.
As bargaining hots up in the field, the AiG will this month convene a meeting of its NSW labour hire members to again gauge their reaction to the AMWU's push for an industry-wide deal.
Westpac's head of HR, Ann Sherry, has called on employer associations to abandon views that paid maternity leave is "too expensive or unrealistic" and help their members to implement the measure, in a speech to mark International Women191s Day.
After a crippling two-day public bus strike in Sydney, Rail Tram and Bus Union members will consider a revised wage proposal from the State Transit Authority.
An employee has won a full bench appeal on procedural fairness grounds, in an out-of time unfair dismissal matter the IRC dealt with via correspondence.
A move away from performance-based pay, less individual monitoring and formalised job share arrangements are key features of a new deal between the ASU and the RACV covering the organisation's roadside assistance call centre employees.
Rio Tinto has poured cold water on claims that it is abandoning one-on-one employment relationships with its move to non-union federal collective agreements for its major WA mining operations.
A Telstra employee who was found to have stolen a mobile phone belonging to the company and allegedly lied about it when questioned has been reinstated, following an IRC ruling.
The "union wage premium" for workers covered by federal enterprise agreements is in jeopardy, after shrinking to just 0.1% in all current agreements and disappearing in the latest quarter, according to data released today by the DEWR.
