The Albanese Government should amend Secure Jobs laws to permit multi-employer bargaining only when employers agree and must wind back intractable bargaining declaration provisions that leave unions with "nothing to lose", resource employer organisation AREEA has told an independent review of the legislation.
Legislation that sets an objective for superannuation passed Parliament last night, but the Bill to cap concessional tax treatment for earnings from superannuation accounts with balances exceeding $3 million remains stalled.
The Albanese Government's legislation to link 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 reflected in workers' wages, has passed parliament.
In a bid to further reduce the gender pay gap, the Albanese Government has introduced a Bill that will require employers with 500 or more workers to set new gender equality targets, with their progress publicly available on the WGEA website and compliance required to be eligible for Government contracts.
Early case law in the new unfair termination jurisdiction for transport workers will determine the interpretation of the $175,000 income limit for applicants, according to FWC president Adam Hatcher, who confirmed the Commission had been consulted "in advance" of it being set and pointed out potential pitfalls.
The public outcry about multi-employer bargaining during the passage of the Secure Jobs legislation was "massively overstated" in the light of the limited number of cases that have since emerged, but recent reforms might have revived single-enterprise bargaining, according to FWC President Adam Hatcher.
The panel reviewing the Albanese Government's Secure Jobs reforms is seeking submissions by November 29 on whether they're operating effectively, or if further amendments are needed to rectify any "unintended consequences".
A FWC full bench will next month hear an Uber driver's unfair contract case, in the first test of the new provisions, a senior tribunal member told the NSW IR Society's Newcastle branch last week.
FWC President Adam Hatcher has followed up his recent promise of "genuine engagement" with road transport employers sweating on the TWU's minimum-standards test cases for gig workers and "last-mile" deliveries by asking the Road Transport Advisory Group for more details on consultation timeframes, who it might include in subcommittees and how it "proposes to conduct itself more generally".
FWC President Adam Hatcher has moved to reassure transport industry employers that the TWU's minimum-standards test cases for gig workers and "last-mile" deliveries will not be hijacked by an advisory group set up by Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt, promising "genuine engagement" and emphasising that the Commission retains control of the "deliberative processes".