A new NSW IRC member who played a central role in reinstating the State's industrial court also frequently emitted "blood-curdling screams" from her office, leaving her colleagues to reassure others "don't worry, Rina is just talking to her sisters", with a "joy and humour" that flowed through the workplace.
Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has sought to reassure a federal judge that the plan to set up a Fair Work Court is in "no way. . . a reflection on any particular judgment or any particular operation of the federal courts".
The Australian Higher Education Industrial Association says a landmark FWC finding that Macquarie University must treat a member of its teaching-only staff as a part-time employee rather than a casual is likely to necessitate a "re-prosecution" of workload clauses during "heavy duty" bargaining in the sector.
Greens IR and finance spokesperson Barbara Pocock is calling on the Albanese Government to back her private member's bill and support superannuation for under-18 workers, in line with the Labor Party's platform, while the Coalition's Andrew Bragg says that after its extension to young workers, the next step will be "super for cats and dogs".
The NSW IRC has welcomed a new member who "literally wrote the book" on IR laws covering owner-drivers and certain gig workers in the State's road transport sector.
RAFFWU is accusing new Victorian Premier Ben Carroll of rewarding his "political masters" at the SDA after his Government introduced legislation that will shut down the unregistered union.
Property advisory business Savills has failed to persuade the Federal Court to throw out all of a senior employee's claims of discrimination, victimisation and "extreme and repetitive" s-xual harassment by a managing director.
A senior ABC editor has failed to persuade the FWC that she is entitled to a redundancy package following organisational changes made after Google and Meta withdrew funding for the role.
Uber Eats, Door Dash and the TWU have welcomed "world-leading" minimum standards for food-delivery gig workers setting a $31.30 hourly earnings floor for engaged time from Monday, with the FWC describing the rates as interim ahead of a review that will consider "proper cost-recovery rates".
