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The NSW IRC has welcomed a new member who "literally wrote the book" on IR laws covering owner-drivers and certain gig workers in the State's road transport sector.
A senior ABC editor has failed to persuade the FWC that she is entitled to a redundancy package following organisational changes made after Google and Meta withdrew funding for the role.
Uber Eats, Door Dash and the TWU have welcomed "world-leading" minimum standards for food-delivery gig workers setting a $31.30 hourly earnings floor for engaged time from Monday, with the FWC describing the rates as interim ahead of a review that will consider "proper cost-recovery rates".
Tasmania's Rockliff Government is weighing options for the future of the Tasmanian Industrial Commission after its president's term expired recently and the attorney-general last year revealed plans to fold the tribunal into TasCAT.
A gender equality commissioner has called for Victorian public sector departments to take "urgent action" to tackle s-xual harassment, after a new report found that rates have stubbornly remained the same over the last five years.
Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has promised business leaders he will delay the commencement of controversial work-from-home legislation by 10 months and provide more time for debate before attempting to pass it ahead of the November 28 State election.
High Court rebuffs academic pay challenge; "No guarantee" lawyers will respond before deadline, says FWC; ABC presenter free to contest sacking; and Bench rejects consolidation order appeal.
In a decision further expanding the breadth of flexibility requests, a senior FWC member has "with some hesitation" found that a warehouse's ban on mobile phones falls under the statutory definition of a "working arrangement" that can be changed.
The FWC has dismissed a UFU bid to have it arbitrate a proposed income protection allowance, finding the union's practice of raising matters with Fire Rescue Victoria's people and culture executive director failed to invoke the dispute resolution procedure.
After NSW IRC President Ingmar Taylor recently confessed he is "somewhat evangelical" about the efficiencies of paperless hearings and suggested they will become the norm across all courts and tribunals, he has now issued a practice note for fully-electronic proceedings.
