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Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd says the ALP's IR policy will not adopt "the ACTU wish list" and will "ensure fairness in the workplace, whether it is union-represented or not."

AMWU and CEPU members at a P&H MinePro workshop in Perth will strike for 24 hours on Friday in an escalating dispute in which the mining equipment company's tactics have been branded as "extraordinary" by the AIRC.

The Fair Pay Commission is being asked to consider the gender equity impact of its pay determination this year after concerns that women will be particularly disadvantaged by increasingly decentralised wage-fixing.

Half of workers missing out on annual pay rise or not keeping up with inflation: Survey; CFMEU's McDonald back in court on May 1 over trespass charges; Highfield moving on from Virgin Blue; New appointments from employer ranks to PC; AIER seeking feedback on Charter of Employment Rights; and IR cases lift public awareness of High Court's work, says Kirby.

BHP Billiton Iron Ore has asked the Fair Pay Commission to explicitly exclude its WA iron ore award from its next minimum wages determination, in a submission highlighting confusion over the application of pay and classifications scales to former paid rates enterprise awards.

Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey has told Workplace Express that the Federal Government "is not for turning on the fundamentals of the reforms".

The Commonwealth has not recommended a dollar amount for this year's minimum wage determination by the AFPC, but stressed the negative impact of excessive rises on employment, and sought more time for post-Budget submissions.

The Queensland Supreme Court has upheld a finding that Virgin Blue discriminated against eight over-36 women who applied for cabin crew jobs but were rejected due to their age.

The NSW Industrial Court has found the State’s IRC can make awards covering long service leave, in a ruling that suggests state tribunals’ award-making power extends to a range of matters excluded by Work Choices.

In the latest twist in the Tristar redundancy battle, the company yesterday won Federal Court orders restraining the NSW IRC from continuing its inquiry into the availability of work at its Marrickville plant.