Workers pursuing their employer for underpayment of superannuation contributions required under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act can seek a remedy via the NSW IRC's s106 unfair contracts jurisdiction, following a decision last week.
The CPSU has responded positively to the ACT Government's offer of a 10.5% pay rise over 18 months for 7,000 public service employees, plus an increase in paid maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.
DEWR is only processing six out of 10 claims under its publicly-funded employee entitlements scheme within its target of 16 weeks, according to the Federal Auditor-General.
The $213m net cost of a 14-week publicly-funded paid maternity leave scheme is affordable and means there is no financial barrier to it being introduced in the next Federal Budget, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward said today as she released her final report on the subject.
The Interim Building Taskforce - set up on the recommendation of Royal Commissioner Terence Cole - has launched its first prosecution, against the CFMEU and one of its organisers.
Queensland IR Minister Gordon Nuttall has confirmed that the Beattie Government won't be proceeding during its current term with plans to make corporations and executives criminally liable for serious workplace injuries and deaths.
ING employees have voted down a s170LK agreement, according to the FSU, while the union is also campaigning against non-union agreements at GIO and AXA.
Goward to release final maternity leave report; Aldi reveals above-award wage rates as it fails to stymie roping-in bid; AIRC refuses to certify multi-employer deal; and no strike at Grocon, says CFMEU.
Reith granted indemnity after the fact, Abbott reveals; US EO agency launches same-sex harassment case; ACCI announces corporate governance policy; Gadens partner starts own practice; Organisations Act begins in May; Hawke review prompts restructure of Queensland public sector IR; NSW Labor Council reaps $2.1m from 2KM sale; Coles signs FairWear code; and teaching union opposes positive discrimination.
