The FAAA is calling for a further tightening of the Closing Loopholes reforms, warning that offshoring arrangements and other tactics risk being used to sidestep or undermine the "same job, same pay" regime.
In submissions to the NES review, unions are pushing for the Albanese Government to add 10 days paid reproductive leave to the standards, with the backing of a Labor senator, while the Centre for Future Work is advocating for an additional 10 days paid carers leave.
The Federal Government ended the term of former DEWR secretary Natalie James, making her eligible for a payout of 12 months of her $932,000-plus annual salary, less super contributions, a PM&C official told a Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra today.
BHP's coal mining and in-house labour hire entities are seeking special leave to challenge the Full Federal Court ruling that upheld same-job, same-pay orders the FWC made for the resources titan's Bowen Basin mines.
The Albanese Government has announced that DEWR deputy secretary Tania Rishniw will serve as the department's acting secretary when secretary Natalie James' departs next month, eighteen months before her term expires.
The Albanese Government has retreated from proposed mandatory "guardrails" in its national AI policy released today, relying instead on existing regulators to report any legislative gaps to the newly-formed AI Safety Institute.
A House of Representatives committee has begun an inquiry into the "operation and adequacy" of the National Employment Standards, after a referral from Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth.
As the Albanese Government revealed plans for an AI Safety Institute to harness productivity gains and combat "malign uses" of the new technology, a "confronting" report from the FSU champions the need for a digital "just transition" amid concerns about job security and surveillance in the finance sector.
Multi-employer bargaining is on the chopping block and the definition of casual employment might follow suit, but the Coalition has changed its tune on working from home and tax cuts, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley announced today.
The Albanese Government should force companies to share productivity gains with employees via higher pay rises, extra leave or shorter hours, according to research using the retail sector to challenge "conventional wisdom" that productivity growth flows through to workers.
