The first test case for the delegates' rights provisions legislated by the Albanese Government is set to be heard in the Federal Court in Brisbane next week.
Ahead of McDonald's' first bargaining meeting to negotiate a national deal with unions, a full Federal Court has dismissed an employer-led review bid that sought to challenge the FWC's approach to making supported bargaining authorisations that covered its franchisees.
A FWC full bench has overturned a finding that PM Anthony Albanese's post-election decision to pare back One Nation's staffing allocation amounted to a dismissal.
The Albanese Government has today revealed that it will introduce a new criminal offence for companies that fail to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains.
Parliament has today passed with amendments the Albanese Government's legislation to create a pathway for employers to pay historical debts related to unpaid portable long service leave levies that responds to two Federal Court decisions.
The Greens are seeking to disallow a part of the payday super regulations that it says reintroduces discriminatory provisions exempting large employers, with McDonald's the leading example, from having to pay super to under-18s working up to 30 hours a week.
Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has made revised regulations to enable state and territory laws dealing with workplace s-xual harassment-related non-disclosure agreements to operate alongside the Fair Work Act, ahead of its response to the AHRC's Speaking from Experience report and a legislative review.
S-x Discrimination Commissioner Anna Cody and Working Women's Centre chief Abbey Kendall have told an international conference that Australia needs national laws to stop non-disclosure deals silencing victim-survivors of workplace harassment and discrimination, as a campaign urges the Albanese Government to go further than Victoria's imminent regime.
The Albanese Government has heard the FWC's cry for help as it prepares to introduce legislation tomorrow aimed at putting the brakes on, and in some instances reversing the tribunal's AI-fuelled workload.
FWC Commissioner Jennifer Hunt's complaint that surfaced on Linked-In yesterday isn't the first, with the Commission revealing this evening that it counselled her after she raised an issue about another member two years ago, while she has also raised a further matter in recent weeks.
