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Tony Abbott eyes working families with paid parental leave (9/3/2010)
Tony Abbott has thrown his first major policy punch of the election year, proposing a $2.7 billion tax on big companies to fund a universal paid parental leave scheme.
Source: the Australian
Australia can't afford gender inequality at work - Swan (9/3/2010)
More women hold powerful political jobs than ever before, but gender inequality is still too common in the workforce, the federal government says.
Source: the Daily Telegraph
Health jobs in danger (9/3/2010)
Premier David Bartlett has said he will make no apologies if public servants lose their jobs through federal health reforms.
Source: the Mercury
Business savages maternity leave plan (9/3/2010)
Business groups have savaged Tony Abbott's paid parental leave scheme, arguing many companies already paid employees for time off work when they had a baby.
Source: the West Australian
Pharmaceutical giant lays off 30 Brisbane workers (9/3/2010)
Thirty employees of pharmaceutical giant Sigma-Herron have been made redundant in Brisbane, with workers given no warning they'd lost their jobs, a union says.
Source: Brisbane Times
Uncertainty for staff as new department is born (8/3/2010)
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's decision to create a new government department to solve the home insulation crisis has caused alarm among public servants unsure about their futures and the task ahead.
Source: Canberra Times
16,000 less jobs this year as Queensland vacancies drop (8/3/2010)
Queensland has recorded the biggest fall in job vacancies of any state in the past 12 months, with warnings that businesses are months away from being confident enough to ramp up employment.
Source: Courier Mail
ACTU launches anti-Tony Abbott TV campaign (8/3/2010)
The union movement is accusing Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of wanting to bring back Work Choices in a new television campaign.
Source: the Australian
Online job ads up again (8/3/2010)
The number of jobs advertised on the internet increased again last month.
Source: ABC
Childcare worker sacked after two-year-old boy escapes from Swinburne Childcare Centre (5/3/2010)
A childcare worker has been sacked and two others cautioned after a two-year-old boy fled from a childcare centre.
Source: Herald Sun
We'll face backlash over IR, say states (5/3/2010)
State governments are worried Kevin Rudd's new health model will leave them responsible for managing industrial relations in the sector and for any blowout in the pay of nurses and doctors.
Source: the Australian
Boeing move a blow to Sydney aviation workers (5/3/2010)
Unions have warned that the future of the aerospace industry in NSW might be in jeopardy after the aviation giant Boeing announced plans to mothball its manufacturing plant in Sydney's west and shift the operation to Victoria.
Source: the Australian
ACT tender process 'a shambles': CFMEU (5/3/2010)
The construction union has told an ACT Legislative Assembly committee that many subcontractors working on Government building sites have awful safety standards.
Source: ABC
Qantas ground staff return to work after protests (5/3/2010)
Qantas ground crews at Sydney International Airport have walked off the job twice this morning over staffing and safety concerns.
Source: ABC
ACTU uneasy over revamp of awards system (5/3/2010)
ACTU secretary Jeff Lawrence has expressed concern that the Rudd government's award revamp could leave workers worse off, after union leaders vented their frustration that Labor's policy could disadvantage their members.
Source: the Age
WorkCover wants costs despite court ruling (4/3/2010)
A struggling abattoir in regional NSW is being driven to the wall by WorkCover, despite a scathing High Court ruling calling a similar prosecution by the state workplace safety watchdog oppressive and unjust.
Source: the Australian
Beware of the chair (4/3/2010)
The science is in and it's scary. Sitting down is bad for you - very bad. So much so that some workplaces are starting to act. Lissa Christopher, who wrote this story standing up, reports.
Source: SMH
Qantas rejects sex discrimination claims (4/3/2010)
Qantas has rejected union claims that a group of female workers was sacked on the basis of gender discrimination.
Source: the Daily Telegraph
Unions to push pay equity for women (4/3/2010)
Unions are considering running cases to lift the wages of the female-dominated aged care and childcare sectors after ACTU president Sharan Burrow yesterday declared "the sky's the limit" for union attempts to increase pay equity across the workforce.
Source: the Australian
Lawyer says firm's harassment made her ill (3/3/2010)
A former lawyer at Freehills is alleging the high-profile firm discriminated against her due to her age in the latest case to highlight claims of poor working conditions at law firms.
Source: the Age
Fury as migrant workers keep jobs and Australians let go in Pilbara (3/3/2010)
Industrial tensions in the Pilbara are escalating after an engineering contractor sacked 54 Australian workers at a $5.2 billion Chinese-owned iron ore project while retaining up to 70 Filipinos with similar skills.
Source: Perth Now
State cuts 300 jobs (3/3/2010)
About 300 public servants are expected to accept another round of redundancies offered by the State Government, Treasurer Troy Buswell said today.
Source: the West Australian
Public servants willing to compromise on pay (3/3/2010)
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has reduced its pay claim for ACT public servants after the Territory budget's bottom line took a battering.
Source: ABC