The Government's endorsement overnight of the UK's model for setting minimum wages is simply code for saying it wants to cut workers' pay by removing the independent AIRC from the picture, Shadow IR Minister Stephen Smith said today.
A full bench of the SA IRC has overturned a finding that a council unfairly dismissed a pool manager who kicked a boy in the bottom and tapped him on the back of the head for being cheeky.
Unions have today announced they will launch a national week-long offensive in late June - including substantial spending on advertising - to improve public awareness of the implications of the Howard Government's plans for IR change.
Healthy employees who willingly take on stressful workloads will be unlikely to successfully argue their employer was liable for any resulting psychiatric injury, following an important High Court ruling today.
The UK's Low Pay Commission - visited yesterday by Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews - has increased minimum wages at a faster rate than growth in average weekly earnings, and intends to keep doing so.
PM says IR change won't be against interests of workers; Skilled calls for licencing to boost labour hire companies' compliance with IR laws; Submissions due for parliamentary work/family and Cole Bill inquiries; and University wins discrimination exemption for indigenous-only jobs.
