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.
A FWC full bench has overturned a finding that PM Anthony Albanese's post-election decision to pare back One Nation's staffing allocation amounted to a dismissal.
The Albanese Government has today revealed that it will introduce a new criminal offence for companies that fail to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains.
Paid parental leave will increase by 10 days to six months from tomorrow, when increases to the minimum wage and award rates, and payday super changes, also take effect.
Victoria's Allan Government has introduced legislation to create a fair jobs code for local government and to extend Commonwealth flexible working arrangements, pay secrecy, and fixed term and casual employment provisions to public sector workers.
The Albanese Government should repeal the wage theft offence and focus on simplifying the workplace relations system, the Australian Industry Group has told a Senate inquiry, while ACCI says that the absence of prosecutions shows that the "crime wave" used to justify the legislation "was false and misleading".
Legislation introduced this morning by the Albanese Government promises to reduce the FWC's "unsustainable" workload, with key measures including a bypass of a full Federal Court ruling that has increased the tribunal's burden.
