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Canberra funds aged care work value rise: & more

Canberra funds aged care work value rise:; AIPA eligibility expanded; and 230,000 more permanent jobs under Albanese: ACTU.

Few employers meeting gender gap target: WGEA

Less than a quarter of private sector employers have an average gender pay gap within the target range, but 56% have reduced their gap, according to expanded, searchable WGEA data from the second year of public pay gap reporting.

Call for guidance on equality targets for big employers

A Senate inquiry is calling for guidance on what will qualify as a "reasonable excuse" for failing to comply with a Bill requiring employers with 500 or more workers to set new publicly-tracked gender equality targets that could determine eligibility for government contracts, while the Greens want to lower the threshold to 100 or more employees.

BHP, Rio targeted in discrimination class actions

BHP and Rio Tinto are facing class actions accusing them of failing to protect women who worked for them and their contractors against sexual assault, discrimination and harassment over the past 20 years.

Parliament passes Bill tying childcare pay rises to funding

The Albanese Government's legislation to link its funding for the 15% work value pay rise for early childhood educators to limits on childcare operator fee increases, to ensure the funding is reflected in workers' wages, has passed parliament.

Bill will require large employers to set gender equality targets

In a bid to further reduce the gender pay gap, the Albanese Government has introduced a Bill that will require employers with 500 or more workers to set new gender equality targets, with their progress publicly available on the WGEA website and compliance required to be eligible for Government contracts.

Canberra backs gender pay fix, but purse strings tight

The Albanese Government has told a FWC full bench it supports its review of gender undervaluation of five female-dominated awards, but wants it to phase-in any resulting large increases to manage the effects on the public purse.

Proposed Queensland positive duty stronger than Federal equivalent

Legislation introduced recently to Queensland's Parliament imposes a positive duty that goes beyond the Respect@Work model, adds new protected attributes to the Anti-Discrimination Act and improves protections for workers assaulted on the job, but the State union peak body is disappointed it continues to permit religious bodies to discriminate in employment.

Bench sets dates for aged care work-value rises

A five-member FWC full bench has decided work value pay rises of up to 28.5% for aged care workers should be staggered, with many to receive half their increase from January and the second half from next October.

FWC orders 3.75% rise in award rates, NMW

The FWC's expert panel has this morning approved a 3.75% increase in all award rates and the national minimum wage, but has rebuffed the ACTU's bid for an immediate additional 4% for workers in highly-feminised industries, instead committing to a timetable to address the issue over the next 12 months.

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