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Abbott faces criticism over IR policy
Melbourne :: Australia | 9 days ago
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Mr Reith said the coalition had made a tactical decision not to take on unions but warned tough action "couldn't be put off forever" if higher living standards are to be retained. It comes as the head of the Australian Industry Group labelled the
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What's in Abbot's IR for workers?: Shorten
Sydney :: Australia | 10 days ago
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Federal Employment Minister Bill Shorten wants to know what the coalition's industrial relations policy offers workers. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced his party's IR policy on Thursday, saying it will protect the pay and conditions of
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EPMU Wins Tiwai Point Leave Case
Wellington :: New Zealand | 12 days ago
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The Authority rejected the company's argument and ruled the workers were legally entitled to twelve hours' leave in lieu of a public holiday under their employment agreements. Alan Clarence says the decision is great news for workers at Tiwai Point.
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Abetz rallies employers over union power
Canberra :: Australia | 13 days ago
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Opposition workplace spokesman Eric Abetz outlined the broad themes in a 30-minute address to a private meeting of about 140 senior executives in Canberra on Monday. The executives, from some of Australia's biggest companies, had gathered for a twice-
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Good news for council workers: they're getting first pay rise in three years. Bad news: it's 1%
London :: United Kingdom | 25 days ago
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More than one million council workers have been offered their first pay rise in three years, with a proposed increase of 1 per cent. Local authority employers said the offer to workers in Wales, England and Northern Ireland was the best they could
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Doubt over Abbott's claim on staffer pay cut
Melbourne :: Australia | 26 days ago
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Dr Roberts has admitted threatening Andrew Penfold, chief executive of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, that a Coalition government would cut funding to his organisation. There are claims, denied by Mr Abbott, that his senior staffer
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IR changes maintain balance: Gillard
Melbourne :: Australia | 1 month ago
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Minister Bill Shorten has introduced a second round of reforms to the Fair Work Act, which among other things would enshrine penalty rates in law, and add new anti-bullying provisions and right-of-entry changes that benefit unions. Business
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Vic Legal Aid workers reach pay deal
Victoria :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Legal Aid has avoided a 48-hour work stoppage planned to start on Friday after reaching an in-principal agreement with workers. The Community and Public Sector Union initially rejected the 11.23 per cent wage increase that is part of the tentative
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ACTU boss warns of Thatcherism
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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September 14 and a royal commission into union corruption. "They are going to come for us," she told the room of union members...Australians of a move towards Thatcher-style rhetoric and conservative UK "big society" policy under a Tony Abbott-led
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Qld Government seeks to curb union lobbying
Sydney :: Australia | 1 month ago
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This is in response to the revelation that a principal from an unnamed school used a work email account to encourage colleagues to lobby the Premier's office over the Gonski education reforms. The principal involved is a union official and was
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