Sex Discrimination Commissioner Anna Cody and Working Women's Centre chief Abbey Kendall have told an international conference that Australia needs national laws to stop non-disclosure deals silencing victim-survivors of workplace harassment and discrimination, as a campaign urges the Albanese Government to go further than Victoria's imminent regime.
A new Hays salary guide shows that the premium for WA-based senior IR practitioners is continuing to grow, with the difference explained by demand for experienced specialists who can aid employers in minimising "legal and commercial risk", particularly in the resources sector, according to the recruitment company's Australia/NZ managing director for corporate and professional recruitment.
Up to two in every five applicants are making unfair dismissal and general protections claims with assistance from artificial intelligence, according to preliminary results from FWC research.
The FWC has waved away as "self-inflicted" any financial and reputational harm caused to HR/IT and operations managers hastily sacked by a NDIS provider, pointing to the married couple's apparent purloining of the company's funds and numerous undeclared conflicts of interest as valid reasons for their dismissal.
Bargaining for a new host agreement and negotiating contracts with labour-hire companies does not justify a "lengthy" delay for same-job, same-pay orders, the FWC has ruled.
A silk's report commissioned by Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth found no basis for allegations of "misbehaviour" by FWC President Adam Hatcher and Vice President Ingrid Asbury towards Commissioner Jennifer Hunt, according to Justice Hatcher, while the vice president is now seeking the commissioner's removal or suspension.
A sacked crane driver can proceed with his late dismissal challenge after the FWC found the blame lay squarely with his union for belatedly obtaining legal advice about which jurisdiction to file it in.
The Albanese Government should repeal the wage theft offence and focus on simplifying the workplace relations system, the Australian Industry Group has told a Senate inquiry, while ACCI says that the absence of prosecutions shows that the "crime wave" used to justify the legislation "was false and misleading".
The ETU has accused BHP of putting forward a "baseline" agreement for the Pilbara's South Flank and Area C mines in an attempt to undermine the same-job, same-pay framework before on-hire workers "can even use it".
