Workplace relations minister Amanda Rishworth, after she convened an employer roundtable this morning, is set to consult with unions, as the Albanese Government starts to shape tripartite best practice guidance for AI in the workplace and the public service considers restrictions on smart glasses in the APS.

FWC GM Murray Furlong has begun prosecuting former senior CFMEU construction division Victorian branch officials - primarily president Rob Graauwmans - for allegedly authorising payment of more than $300,000 of union funds to printing companies to benefit ex-HSU leader Diana Asmar as she campaigned for re-election.

Thomas Costa says his first priority as the new leader of Unions NSW will be campaigning against One Nation's "anti-worker" and "incredibly offensive" policies in the lead-up to the State election in March next year.

The FWC has thrown out a worker's flexible work bid after she attempted to "call in" older medical documents and conceded she had not been diagnosed with the disability identified in her request.

A law firm has launched the first major underpayment class action against a private Australian university, it claims, over the alleged short-changing of casual academics.

The FWC has found that an engineer's "extremely insulting" WhatsApp messages about his manager, sent to colleagues on a day off, warranted his summary sacking, while nevertheless awarding him $14,000 compensation because the employer denied him a chance to explain.

Employers are increasingly relying on unpaid overtime and are expecting "higher output" due to artificial intelligence, while more than a quarter of workers believe the technology could replace their role within five years, according to a Unions NSW report calling for an extra week of annual leave and stronger protections.

Bans on bringing "smart glasses" into courts and tribunals might be looming, after the South Australian sheriff's recent decision to stop them entering the State's courts.

Two silks with backgrounds in building and construction, criminal, administrative and public law are leading the legal team for Chris Kourakis' Royal Commission into crime and misconduct in the Victorian construction industry, ahead of its first hearing.

The FWC has held that a TAFE teacher of three years did not meet the definition of a casual employee and should be treated as a part-time worker, in the second successful casual conversion dispute ruling.