The lobby group representing for-profit superannuation funds and fund managers is pushing the Morrison Government to extend the scope of its choice-of-fund legislation to existing or expired workplace agreements.
Employers are urging the Morrison Government to let greenfields and non-greenfields deals span the full life of major projects, without requiring them to reflect prevailing industry conditions, while legal experts say project owners and developers should be able to make them.
Fining host employers for hiring workers from unregistered operators is among a list of "guiding principles" IR Minister Christian Porter has put before state and territory counterparts as part of a proposed single national labour hire regulatory scheme to be overseen by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
A revised draft of the Morrison Government's Religious Discrimination Bill allows a broad range of defined religious organisations to preference the employment of those who share their faith.
IR Minister Christian Porter has signalled that the Coalition will launch another attempt to pass its Ensuring Integrity Bill before the end of the year after yesterday's stunning defeat in the Senate.
The Morrison Government has failed to muster the numbers for its Ensuring Integrity Bill, in a dramatic vote that stunned the Senate Chamber this afternoon.
The Morrison Government aims to push the Ensuring Integrity Bill through the Senate today, after claiming support from Centre Alliance and One Nation senators.
The Victorian Parliament has passed legislation to introduce a new offence of industrial manslaughter, as the West Australian government prepares to consider its own law.
The nurses union says a plan to let faith-based hospital and aged care providers make discriminatory employment decisions based on religion could affect quality of care, while a teachers' union warns of "unanticipated consequences".
In a clear indication that the recent rash of underpayment disclosures by large companies has not gone unnoticed, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told a business audience that his government hopes to reduce the current compliance regime's "administrative clutter".
