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Battle imminent over mine's 56-hour week

Unions are resisting Murchison United's bid to introduce a new shift roster that would increase working hours to 56 a week at a Tasmanian mine.

Excluding unions from bargaining might be discriminatory

Employers who prevent employees from being represented by their preferred union during enterprise bargaining negotiations might be breaching the WR Act's anti-discrimination provisions, following a Federal Court interlocutory ruling.

Council workers trade extra week's holiday for 2% rise

Townsville City Council's 400 State award employees have received an extra week of annual leave instead of a 2% pay rise, under their recently certified two-year agreement.

Australian employers slow to embrace online recruiting

Australian employers are lagging at least three years behind their US counterparts in embracing online recruitment and are missing out on substantial cost and time savings, according to an e-recruitment expert.

ACTU to make living wage an election issue

The ACTU will announce today that it will campaign for a substantial boost to minimum wages for the low paid during the coming federal election campaign, claiming the IRC lacks the guts to provide a big enough increase.

When is dismissal without notice justified?

In a ruling that clarifies the circumstances where summary dismissal is not justified, the Victorian Supreme Court has awarded $157,000 to a dismissed senior executive.

Reith's WR "one-stop shop" meets the mark

The second annual report benchmarking IR inquiry and compliance services has shown that while the average cost per compliance claim increased by $115, the average completion time for cases fell to 3.7 months.

NSW passes on safety net adjustment

The NSW IRC has today flowed-on the federal living wage decision to two million employees covered by State awards.

Credit union boosts redundancy entitlements

Tasmanian credit union Heritage Island and the FSU have negotiated a two-year federal enterprise agreement that boosts entitlements for employees.

McDonald's payout to young sexual assault victim

Employers should re-evaluate their duty of care to junior employees, following a payout by fast-food giant McDonald's to a junior worker who sued after he was sexually assaulted on the way home after a late night shift.

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