Executives at Australian airline Qantas are to meet with representatives of striking maintenance engineers next week in a bid to end a pay dispute that has seen dozens of flights cancelled.
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New legislation in Australia will give employees the right to request flexible working arrangements and improved parental leave.
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The general secretary for the Australias New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA), has warned that nurses and midwives are angry that the government has not responded to calls for better pay and conditions.
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The leader of the Australian opposition Liberal Party has criticised the government's treatment of retirees and indicated that there could be cause to raise the level of state pensions.
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National pension premiums in Japan are to be returned to people who carried on paying after the enrolment period of 40 years had elapsed, it has been announced.
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The main union in New South Wales (NSW) for the building industry is looking to increase the pay of 35,000 workers by 15 per cent.
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Teachers in state schools in Australia are organising protests over the government's refusal to meet their demands over pay and employee reward.
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An intervention from the New Zealand health minister appears to have solved a pay dispute between senior doctors and the district health boards (DHB) in the country.
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Hospital workers in New Zealand have given two weeks notice of strike action after a dispute over pay and employee reward.
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An industrial hearing has been called as efforts are made to stop potential strikes by hospital workers in Australia.
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