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An IRC full bench, in its decision today passing on the $18 safety net increase to low-paid Victorian workers, has urged the Victorian and Federal governments to legislate to address disadvantages suffered by Victorian workers under Schedule 1A.

Tasmanian Premier Jim Bacon has appointed Judy Jackson as IR Minister for his Government's second four-year term.

The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered a jewellery retailer to pay a former shop assistant more than $17,000 in damages after it found the company had "singularly failed its employees" by failing to provide a discrimination-free workplace.

The Federal Opposition has responded to the Government's choice of super fund legislation with a paper setting out a range of options for a choice regime.

A major clothing manufacturer has introduced an entitlement to 12 weeks paid maternity leave for permanent employees.

WR Minister Tony Abbott will appoint a replacement "shortly" for IRC Vice President Tony McIntyre, who retired today.

The IRC has rejected a s170LK agreement because the employer failed to inform its workers of their right to be represented by a union.

Unions now have a new avenue for urgently halting employer actions, after the IRC today issued an interim exceptional matters order to maintain the jobs of Australian seafarers.

The NSW Labor Council has applied to the State Commission to flow on the federal IRC's reasonable hours decision.

The NSW Nurses' Association will elect a new secretary on Tuesday to replace Sandra Moait, who plans to retire next month, while the NTEU's Victorian branch has chosen a new leadership team.