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.
Woolworths has been hit with another underpayments class action, at the same time it is defending a shareholder class action accusing it of breaching disclosure rules by failing to keep the market informed about the extent to which it has shortchanged staff.
In a significant decision on diplomatic immunity, a full Federal Court has tossed out an embassy's claim that it enjoys protection from unfair dismissal proceedings, confirming in the process that the FWC has standing as a "court" under the relevant legislation.
The scheme to temporarily bring low-skilled Pacific Island workers to Australia to build skills and send funds back to their families is being subverted, according to a new report that claims highly-trained workers are performing low-skilled roles, while hollowing out the ranks of skilled workers in their home countries.
The UWU is calling on the Albanese Government to step in to "preserve the stability" of a 15% funded pay rise for agreement-covered early childhood education and care workers and avoid a possible pay cut, after a FWC expert panel rejected calls to "front load" gender undervaluation increases to the award minimum rates.
Unions' pursuit of a 24%-over-three-years pay rise for Endeavour Energy workers has fallen short after a FWC full bench instead made an intractable bargaining determination delivering 17.8% over four years, rejecting numerous claims the employer did not bargain in good faith.
An employer repudiated the contracts of male managers and dismissed them when it reduced their classification levels and wages to parity with female co-workers for "pay equity" reasons, as the demotions involved substantial reductions in remuneration, the FWC has found.
A review of Comcare's legislative framework says there is no choice but to redraft it, and warns AI, WFH and climate change "megatrends" all carry a risk of increasing psychological injury claims, while unions say workers compensation changes in NSW will cut support to those who are close to "catatonic" with such injuries.
The Queensland IRC has rejected a claim that the State health deparment's promotion and interview process indirectly discriminated against neurodivergent people because of systemic barriers that prevented them fully participating, but has suggested it provide further training for selection panels.
At an extraordinary special general meeting today, Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association members have overwhelmingly voted against a planned amalgamation with HACSU, but it might not be enough to stop the merger.
