Shadow IR Minister Tim Wilson says he comes to the portfolio with "fresh thinking" and as a "sponge for new ideas", while he predicts AI will increasingly propel people to combine salaries, side hustles and shared equity schemes.
The Federal Court has today rejected BHP Coal's bid to stay the same-job, same-pay orders for its Bowen Basin mines, which had been due to take effect within days.
The FWC is introducing reforms to tackle a blowout in general protections claims and the paid agents using them as a "business model", while it is also incorporating AI into major aspects of its work, according to its President, Adam Hatcher.
A FWC full bench is seeking submissions on any additional issues its review of award part-time provisions should consider, and will then consult on proposed research, while the tribunal has also begun a review of redundancy provisions in selected awards.
The FWC has found an employer unreasonably directed a worker to take a breath test without clearly explaining why, and then unfairly summarily dismissed her for refusing it.
The Road Transport Advisory Group has recommended that the FWC program key proposed gig food/beverage delivery, last-mile delivery and road transport contractual chain cases to run in parallel, after a consultation process failed to find consensus on priorities.
The Net Zero Economy Authority's jobs plan process is too "narrow and limited in scope", but Germany's best practice just transition model can provide lessons, academics have told a review.
The Federal Court will rule on Wednesday on BHP Coal's bid to stay the crucial FWC full bench rulings to issue same-job, same-pay orders for its Bowen Basin mines, after it revealed the decisions would impose extra costs of just $20 million to $30 million a year, when it had issued dire warnings in 2023 that it faced an impost of $1.3 billion dollars annually across its operations.
Woolworths claims Friday's Federal Court underpayments ruling will cost it an extra $470 million before tax and "will require significant and widespread changes to accepted retail practice".
