Victoria's Kourakis Royal Commission into the construction sector today launched its first "block" of public hearings, which will examine the events surrounding a work stoppage on the Gap Road project in Sunbury in 2022, while it considers options for reform.
A discrimination case involving the Queensland Office of IR underlines the challenges employers face when managing employees diagnosed with severe psychiatric disorders, amid questions over whether they can safely return to work.
Enterprise bargaining under the current framework cannot bridge a widening gap between AI's adoption in the workplace and a lack of government regulation, warns a leader of a union covering one of the most affected industries.
Preserving as many David Jones jobs as possible will be "top of the list" for the SDA when it meets with the troubled retail giant's voluntary administrators next week.
AI could become a critical tool for helping people gain access to justice for problems at work but at present it "is more likely to limit access to justice than to enable it," according to a new study by Melbourne law school professor Alysia Blackham.
The Federal Court has held that Serco must provide redundancy entitlements to almost 150 immigration detention workers who lost their jobs after the Department of Home Affairs chose not to renew its contract, despite many accepting positions with the new service providers.
Deterrence measures, such as a "modest" increase in filing fees, could play an important role in reducing workloads that have risen as a result of AI-assisted unfair dismissal and general protections claims, while aiding access to justice, according to FWC president Adam Hatcher.
