The TWU has filed the last of its promised applications aimed at overhauling standards in the road transport industry, asking the FWC to make a contractual chain order imposing 30-day payment deadlines and compulsory rate reviews, while prohibiting unfair "set-off" terms.
A Senate inquiry is inviting submissions on a Bill designed to ensure the Albanese Government's funding for a 15% work value pay rise for early childhood educators is passed on to the workers while avoiding major fee hikes, but a legislation scrutiny committee has questioned a lack of "oversight".
WA's Cook Labor Government has introduced legislation to lift casual loading from 20% to 25%, give some workers an enforceable right to request flexibility, and empower the IRC to discipline industrial agents, but it continues to lag on portable LSL.
A Federal Court judge has dealt a blow to three workers' pursuit of an embassy over alleged sham contracts, closely examining the "dignity, immunities and privileges of foreign States under Australian law" before overturning a lower court's rejection of attempts to bin the case.
South Australia's Malinauskas Government is likely to soon secure passage of legislation establishing a portable long service leave scheme for the community services sector, with potential to build on it to include other sectors in future.
Queensland's Miles Government has secured the passage of legislation to introduce a broad positive duty to eliminate not only sexual harassment and harassment on the basis of s-x, but discrimination and "other objectionable conduct" as far as possible.
The Albanese Government has today introduced legislation to tie its funding for the 15% work value pay rise for early childhood educators to limits on childcare operator fee increases, to ensure the funding is passed on to workers.
The FWC has continued to update its information about employment law changes due to take effect next week, publishing new details about the Closing Loopholes No 2 Act impact on casuals, unfair contracts and gig workers.
