Early decisions in the FWC's unfair deactivation jurisdiction are beginning to establish "a coherent framework" for protecting employee-like platform workers, a new study finds.
The Albanese Government is seeking submissions on best practice guidance for adopting artificial intelligence in workplaces, but the Centre for Future Work's Fiona Macdonald says mandatory standards are needed to protect workers.
RBA monetary policy board member and former FWC president Iain Ross is leading South Australia's royal commission into artificial intelligence, which will consider matters including the effect of the technology on the labour market and work practices.
The Federal Court has ordered a sacked senior HR manager to pay his former employer $45,000 in costs on a party-basis, after it rejected his AI-infected, meritless, "doomed to fail" bid for a judicial review of two FWC rulings.
Treasury's latest intergenerational report, released this afternoon, predicts Australia will have a far older working-age population in the 2060s, while artificial intelligence is expected to help achieve its long-term productivity growth assumptions.
The FSU is pushing the Commonwealth Bank for agreement-enshrined limits on its ability to monitor workers and use the data, claiming outdated laws are otherwise giving employers "free rein" to monitor every keystroke or conversation and keep tabs on toilet breaks.
Victoria's Allan Government has today promised to introduce the nation's "toughest workplace surveillance protection laws" if it is returned at November's election.
The FSU says it is embedding "trailblazing" AI clauses in agreements, as the FWC approves an Aware Super deal promising only a human will make key employment-related decisions, and another industry fund is seeking a variation that spells out its consultation obligations ahead of adopting the technology.
An academic says employers' use of multi-functional AI systems without including HR and workers in decision-making is handing power to algorithms, tech vendors and IT teams, creating far-reaching "unintended consequences".
