The Net Zero Economy Authority is seeking the second FWC just transition determination, to support workers through the closure of Australia's largest power station, while it is also consulting on closures in Western Australia.
Queensland's Crisafulli Government has launched a review of the State's IR and workers' compensation legislation, focusing on "restoring productivity to Queensland worksites", the near-doubling of psychological claims in the last five years and public sector bargaining.
The Victorian Government is calling for a real increase without delay for award-reliant and minimum wage workers to remedy the post-pandemic decline, while the Australian Industry Group says productivity is "insufficient to enable a sustainable increase in real wages" across the economy.
Three UWU organisers accused of running a "shadow campaign" over bargaining have withdrawn their unfair dismissal claims after reaching financial settlements with the union.
A senior FWC member has told an employer he would "welcome" a costs application after rejecting an AI-assisted general protections bid in which a worker relied on "incoherent" legal arguments and falsehoods to reframe his resignation as a constructive dismissal.
FWC-ordered minimum wage increases play a "critical role" in "reducing entrenched, intersectional wage inequality" for Aboriginal workers, who are more likely to be award-reliant, the Centre for Indigenous People and Work says in what is likely the first annual wage review submission to focus solely on First Nations workers.
FWC president Adam Hatcher is seeking feedback on a proposed code of conduct for paid agents that will have the sting of barring transgressors or revoking their leave to appeal.
The Albanese Government has again kept its election promise to urge the FWC's Annual Wage Review bench to order real wage increases for award-reliant and minimum wage workers that keep pace with the cost of living.
The Albanese Government has this morning introduced legislation to enable the FWC to fast-track road transport contractual chain order applications to lift rates for truck drivers as the price of fuel skyrockets due to the Middle East war.
