ACTU pushes "extreme heat" regulations; Inquiry issues discussion paper to spur submissions; NES inquiry submissions close late this month; and Clarification from race discrimination commissioner.
The UTS Centre for Indigenous People and Work has joined forces with the AEU to develop a best practice bargaining framework, with the aim of incorporating anti-racist and cultural recognition clauses in agreements.
Following sustained pressure from disgruntled members, the Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association and HACSU have withdrawn their merger plan.
The author of a book tracing 150 years of campaigning for a shorter Australian working week says it offers crucial lessons for current efforts to win a four-day work week, cut unpaid overtime, and properly account for domestic labour, while AMWU national secretary Steve Murphy considers it part of a "just transition".
FWC general manager Murray Furlong has called for major construction companies to start playing their part in stamping out corruption in the industry, while the Wood inquiry will this week hear evidence from leaders of the AWU's Queensland branch and the Queensland Council of Unions.
The NSW Industrial Court has fined the state's nurses and midwives union $130,000 for its "flagrant and unapologetic" flouting of multiple anti-strike orders during pay negotiations with the Minns Government that have since morphed into a major gender undervaluation case.
In a "major win" for the MEAA and copyright-holders, the Albanese Government has ruled out a "text and data mining exception" that would have enabled developers to use the work of Australian creators to train AI without permission or compensation, while the American union peak body is calling for a "worker-centric" approach to the technology.
The ASU will forge ahead with nationwide protests tomorrow despite the Australian Industry Group's accusations that it is engaging in unlawful retaliation and intimidation, ahead of a hearing of the SCHADS award gender undervaluation case on Monday.
The Productivity Commission is urging parliamentarians to pause and potentially ditch moves to mandate guardrails for "high-risk AI", flying in the face of the recommendations of a government department and a union push for pre-agreed employment safeguards.
The ACTU will use next month's economic reform roundtable to demand the Albanese Government compel employers to reach AI "implementation agreements" with workers that guarantee job security and any necessary retraining before they can introduce the technology.
