The ACTU has told Coalition MPs Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie to "get out of the way" after they sullied what was meant to be bipartisan support for legislation to guarantee paid parental leave for parents of stillborn children, as they seek to link it with late-term abortions.
The Albanese Government has this morning introduced legislation to ensure that, unless expressly agreed otherwise, workers will not lose out on employer-funded paid parental leave if their child is stillborn or dies soon after birth.
The FWC has today ruled a paramedic ineligible for primary carers' parental leave to tend to for his six-month old baby, because the enterprise agreement covering him only enables carers of newborns to access the entitlement.
The MEAA has rejected an ABC deal that would have provided a 3% interim pay rise while prohibiting employees from taking industrial action for six-months while they push for 5.5% pay rises each year and a guarantee that AI will not replace human workers.
In response to a grieving mother's petition, Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has committed to legislating to prevent employers from cancelling employer-paid parental leave for parents dealing with stillbirth or early infant death.
A FWC presidential member has clarified the Commission's "global" approach to the BOOT and warned that agreements that pay only slightly above-award will attract greater scrutiny, in rejecting a West Australian coffee chain's proposed agreement.
