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The Albanese Government has ratified ILO conventions setting a minimum working age and seeking to prevent workplace harassment and violence, with Skills and Training Minister Brendan O'Connor telling this year's international labour conference that tripartism "has never been so important".
The Albanese Government will soon introduce further IR legislation to include superannuation payments in the National Employment Standards (NES), clarify coverage of temporary migrant workers and ensure stronger access to unpaid parental leave.
IR Minister Tony Burke met with unions numerous times in the first 100 days in his portfolio and had far more meetings scheduled with the BCA ahead of the Jobs and Skills Summit than with any other employer or business group, according to diary entries released in response to a FOI request.
Senior FWC member shifts to court; Respect@Work Act receives Royal Assent; Labor to scrap AAT; and FWC changes Annual Wage Review timetable, revises refund policy.
Howard Government Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith, the architect of the 1996 Workplace Relations Act and a prime mover with Patrick's Chris Corrigan in the landmark 1998 waterfront dispute, died today.
The Albanese Government has confirmed its Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill to be into introduced into Parliament next Thursday will include measures to close the gender pay gap, but IR academic Shae McCrystal says any legislation must also provide a right to strike or compulsory arbitration for workers engaging in multi-employer bargaining.
The Albanese Government has today released the terms of reference for the Employment White Paper, confirming that its planned changes to the Fair Work Act will come well before that process ends.
Platform companies Deliveroo, Menulog and Uber say they are embracing the Federal Government's consultations on the introduction of national minimum IR standards for the gig economy, but insist any changes must be tailor-made and leave room for choice.
