Female employees at electrical products manufacturer HPM Industries Pty Ltd are entitled to four weeks paid maternity leave, while workers of retirement age can pocket a special one-off $5000 payment if they pass on their skills via an extended notice period, under the company’s fifth-generation enterprise agreement.
The Victorian Government has today unveiled a proposal to allow workers to take two months' long service leave after 10 years, rather than waiting 15 years to access three months leave.
The NSW Police Service has been ordered to pay $10,000 in damages for placing a constable on restricted duties because of an abnormal blood condition called sickle cell trait.
A NSW council has been ordered to pay a former general manager $139,000 in salary and bonuses after the State IRC found his contract was terminated early and without adequate notice.
The OECD has urged the Howard Government to reduce the number and scope of allowable award matters and cut the level of minimum wages, with the aim of lifting Australian labour productivity and labour market participation levels as the population ages.
A pathology company was justified for dismissing a worker who took a blood sample from the wrong person because the worker had made a fundamental breach of company procedures, the AIRC has ruled.
US discrimination case claims law firm forcing partners to retire; UK Government canvasses setting a default retirement age of 65, but with right to request exemption; Gender pay gap in UK is 18%, says Minister; and Casino justified in sacking female bar worker who refused to wear make-up, says US court.
The principal union representing blue collar power workers in Queensland who will receive pay rises of up to 31% over 34 months says the increase merely brings the workers into line with their counterparts in other states, but a leading recruiter maintains that it is an early sign that skilled workers have begun to exploit their bargaining power in a tight labour market.
