CFMEU women's networks have objected to construction division administrator Mark Irving's plan to invest $5.4 million in a men's construction-industry behaviour change program, accusing him of failing to consult women members.
One of the country's leading employment barristers has been fined $20,000 and ordered to undertake counselling after being found to have s-xually touched a female solicitor at a firm's Christmas party.
The Minns Government has passed major reforms that establish anti-bullying and s-xual harassment jurisdictions in the IRC and allow workers to seek preventative orders and up to $100,000 in damages, while also significantly lifting the small claims cap.
The Minns Government is establishing a just transition body to work with communities in coal-producing regions to "begin planning for a future beyond coal".
The Minns Labor Government's rush to pass contentious workers' compensation amendments has backfired, with the NSW upper house sending the legislation to a Greens-chaired inquiry that will get to decide its own reporting date.
The NSW Government has scrapped contentious proposals in a workers compensation bill to be introduced today requiring employees to secure an IRC ruling before claiming for harassment-related psychological injuries, while adding "excessive work demands" as a new compensable cause.
The nurses union says NSW health workers and women will be most disadvantaged by proposed workers compensation changes making it "almost impossible" to claim for psychological injuries, while the NSW Bar Association is urging parliamentarians to reject it and demand a "substantive review".
Workers in NSW will need to secure a ruling from the State IRC that bullying or harassment has occurred before they seek compensation for a related psychological injury, under draft legislation that will also add gender equality as an object of state workplace laws.
Former CFMEU construction and general division NSW branch leaders Darren and Michael Greenfield will return to court next month, after pleading guilty to receiving or soliciting corrupting benefits.
