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Union deal impeding permanent roles, claims government

The NSW Perrottet Coalition Government is blaming a union-negotiated staffing agreement for hampering its ability to offer permanency to temporary teachers, as both it and NSW Labor promise to convert 10,000 to permanent roles.

Appeal court upholds restraints against Employsure executive

An appeal court has rejected a former Employsure senior manager's challenge to an injunction stopping him from using knowledge acquired at the IR advisory business with a competitor, but a colleague "induced" to follow him has overturned his own restraint.

Catholic school teachers join public system pay stoush

The NSW IRC is letting the IEU intervene in a State Government award application for public school teachers and make submissions alongside the NSW Teachers Federation, as the union pledges to leave "no doubt" it will reject locked-in low pay rises in Catholic schools.

NSW Labor makes gig economy protections an election issue

As the Albanese Government continues talks on its planned introduction of national IR standards for the gig economy, NSW Labor is promising to deliver minimum rates, portable entitlements and workers compensation for platform workers in the State if it takes power next year.


Poor HR a contributor to toxic parliamentary workplaces: Report

A review conducted by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has found poor HR practices and people management have contributed to s-xual harassment and assault and bullying in NSW parliamentary workplaces and that cultural, policy and legislative barriers are preventing reporting of incidents.



Flexed-off Amazon worker wants job back

The TWU is seeking the reinstatement of an Amazon Flex courier claimed to have been kicked off the retail behemoth's platform without notice or explanation, in a case testing general carrier provisions in the NSW IR Act while the union calls for equivalent federal protections.

Public sector pay cap "hinders" tribunal: Ex-president

A former NSW IRC president has told an event marking the tribunal's 120th anniversary that limits on its powers and jurisdiction, such as the State Coalition Government's wages cap, hinder its ability to be "a just institution".