IBM Australia has won this year's gold work and family award for initiatives such as flexible work programs that have led to half the 10,000-strong workforce performing some work at home.
The Cole Royal Commission will hold a conference in Melbourne this month to try to forge agreement between stakeholders about improving OHS in construction, while the Commission has also released a discussion paper about training in the industry.
The Federal Court will expedite the hearing of the CFMEU construction division NSW branch's bid to have Royal Commissioner Terence Cole sidelined, after a hearing in Sydney today.
A briefing paper for the OECD launched today by Family & Community Services Minister Amanda Vanstone provides a broad overview of family friendly policies in Australia.
The CPSU is seeking an interim award in the IRC this afternoon to protect hundreds of workers at Deloitte Consulting, after the company threatened to make a third of its workforce redundant if they refused to accept a pay cut of up to 52%.
In a significant move aimed at the recruitment and retention of working parents, Westpac has announced it will allow its employees to pay for childcare services - provided in a new deal with ABC Learning Centres - out of pre-tax dollars.
The CFMEU mining and energy division's NSW branches have decided to disaffiliate from the NSW Labor Council, after the peak council nominated retiring nurses union' leader Sandra Moait for appointment to the board of a State-owned power generator.
Qantas and the ASU have reached in-principle agreement on an enterprise deal that delivers a 6% pay rise over two years, plus further significant increases through new classifications and allowances.
The new national leadership of the Health Services Union of Australia has signalled a shift towards national bargaining claims in the health and aged care sectors.
Some 1,000 workers at power company ETSA Utilities have won pay increases of up to 12% over three years and additional paid parental leave, under a new enterprise agreement.
