Industrial relations
Sally McManus escalates dispute over casual worker 'double dipping'
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has announced plans to intervene in a test case examining casual loadings and entitlements.
- by Dana McCauley
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Kelly O'Dwyer
Minister asks court to expedite casual worker 'double dipping' test case
The government is under pressure to resolve case that could lead employers facing millions of dollars in extra costs.
- by Dana McCauley
Employer group launches bid to decouple CFMMEU 'super union'
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union could be forced to unwind under a legal challenge by the peak body for Australia's resource industry is successful.
- by Dana McCauley
Union wins hefty pay rises after strike costs employer $3m
The CFMMEU has won hefty pay rises for its workers at three mobile crane yards after a five-week strike that cost their employer $3 million.
- by Dana McCauley
ABC journalists under fire after signing on to campaign to tear up industrial relations laws
The decision has divided the broadcaster's reporters and prompted outrage from ABC critics.
- by Dana McCauley & Michael Koziol
Kelly O'Dwyer
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz warns on penalty rates cut
Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has backed penalty rates, saying cuts to Sunday rates in Australia are an indication that workers’ power has been eroded.
- by Dana McCauley
Sally McManus
ABC backflips to allow Sally McManus staff talk to go ahead
ABC management does backflip on its refusal to allow the union leader on the premises of the broadcaster's headquarters.
- by Dana McCauley
ABC
ABC 'refused entry' to union boss Sally McManus
ACTU secretary Sally McManus has accused the ABC of refusing to let her on the premises of the public broadcaster for a talk to union members, in what she describes as a "bizarre" and unprecedented act.
- by Dana McCauley
Industrial relations
Drop in the gender pay gap, but it's not all good news
A new report reveals how far employers have come on gender equity, and how far there is to go.
- by Sally Whyte
University
University of Canberra staff 'wholly reject' offer from management
Staff at the university have "wholly rejected" an offer by management, as academics continue to speak out against "crushing" workloads.
- by Sherryn Groch
Schools
Thousands of school staff to strike following months of negotiations
Thousands of school staff will walk off the job on Monday after union negotiations over a new pay deal with the Labor Queensland government broke down.
- by Felicity Caldwell