The IRC has issued a draft order to monitor and regulate the workloads of 14,000 public sector nurses in WA, after the ANF claimed health services were being compromised because nursing staff were overworked.
Printing employers are seeking award changes to allow more flexible use of casual employees, after the IRC boosted the casual loading in the main printing industry award from 20% to 25%.
The Victorian government plans to legislate against workplace violence and bullying in an attempt to address the estimated $26 million cost of harassment compensation last financial year.
The NSW IRC has set down principles for making monetary compensation orders under the s106 unfair contracts jurisdiction, while largely upholding a ruling that will net a former Westfield executive close to $1m plus costs, mostly from share options.
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The NSW Law Reform Commission has recommended tighter controls on surveillance of workers to keep up with a technological boom that is rendering workplace privacy laws inadequate.
Employer wins award variation to avoid backpay claim; discriminatory provision leads to refusal to certify Electrolux deal; Fary returns to private sector; WA Greens pressure Labor on IR reforms; and more.
Some 4,000 Ansett MkII employees will share 5% of profits and a $4.2m pay rise after 24 months, under a greenfields agreement certified by the IRC today.
Medibank Private and the CPSU have resolved a year long enterprise bargaining dispute, reaching an agreement that secures a 6.5% pay increase and preserves overtime rates for around 1,000 workers.
An IRC full bench has refused to join applications for minimum wage adjustments for Victorian Schedule 1A employees to the ACTU's living wage application.
