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.
A FWC full bench has upheld an order for an employee to pay the maximum amount of costs permitted under the Fair Work Regulations, after he unreasonably "persisted" with his unfair dismissal claim despite knowing he did not meet the qualifying period, due to his misguided reliance on artificial intelligence.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected a worker's unfair dismissal appeal, finding that "only artificial intelligence" could seriously suggest that he kicked down a locked door for any reason other than anger.
A senior Albanese Government member has told an artificial intelligence conference that while the technology will unquestionably lift productivity, "sharing the benefits fairly" is the real challenge.
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.
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.
A FWC member has traversed recent case law during a conference at which she reminded practitioners of the "regulatory consequences" for breaching professional obligations in their use of generative artificial intelligence.
