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Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act receives Royal Assent

The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act has received Royal Assent, stamping out pay secrecy clauses in new employment contracts, paring back MSD requirements and making it harder for employers to terminate agreements during bargaining, while the ABCC has entered a transition period ahead of its abolition.

Albanese pay rise call crucial in election: Labor

Then Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese's call for a 5.1% pay rise for the lowest-paid ahead of the May federal election confirmed Labor as the party for working Australians, offered a closing contrast between the Morrison Government and a better future under the ALP, according to Labor's post-poll review.

Director slugged $25K for falsifying pay records

A court has fined the director of a Japanese restaurant almost $25,000 after finding that he "reverse engineered" pay records provided to the FWO and asked a shortchanged employee not to "sell me out".

Burke reveals first details of awards review

As the Senate continues to debate the Secure Jobs Bill, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has provided some details to the House of Representatives about the scope of the review of modern awards system that will be conducted next year under the deal struck with independent Senator David Pocock.

Bench timetables next stages of work value case

Following a FWC decision to pay an interim 15% rise to some aged care workers, a reconstituted bench has laid out a provisional schedule to consider phasing it in, to see whether extra increases are justified and if workers who are not directly engaged should also get a pay boost.

Award changes better way to get wages moving: Woolies

Woolworths has called for the Albanese Government to initiate an urgent "proactive review" of the retail award, arguing it would produce better outcomes for their predominantly female workforce than a shift to multi-employer bargaining.

Employer slugged $93K after unreasonable hours "bare apology"

A large employer has been fined almost $100,000 after a court rejected its "bare apology" for requiring a newly-arrived migrant to work 12 extra hours a week for more than three years.

Fettering FWC discretion could nobble multi-bargaining: Burke

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has warned that the prescriptive amendments sought by business and employer groups to the Secure Jobs Bill's multi-employer stream could render it as "ineffective and unusable" as the 13-year old Act's low paid bargaining stream, which hasn't been used since 2014 because parties "gave up on it".

Underpaying employers face "stark choices": Judge

A Federal Court judge has while fining a franchisor almost $500,000 for deliberately underpaying Taiwanese interns speculated that a recent High Court ruling will impel more parties to agree on penalties rather than go to trial, an "unfortunate by-product" being fewer judgments offering "yardsticks" for future cases.

Ross fires back over award "complexity"

A FWC full bench has marked the conclusion of the eight-year-long review of modern awards by seeking to rebut persistent claims that they are too complex for employers, observing that while "unpacking" clauses might add to their length, it has also provided greater clarity.

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