The NSW IRC has welcomed a new member who "literally wrote the book" on IR laws covering owner-drivers and certain gig workers in the State's road transport sector.
Tasmania's Rockliff Government is weighing options for the future of the Tasmanian Industrial Commission after its president's term expired recently and the attorney-general last year revealed plans to fold the tribunal into TasCAT.
Victoria's new Premier Ben Carroll has pledged to accept the recommendations of an IBAC report that finds the former Andrews Labor Government allowed UFU secretary Peter Marshall to exert "extraordinary influence" in negotiations for a controversial agreement.
The NSW Minns Government has further bolstered the state's Industrial Relations Commission, appointing former director of public prosecutions Lloyd Babb SC as a deputy president and judicial member.
As a new team prepares to take over the helm of the NTEU, the FWC has approved a rule change that will enable more members to vote in future elections, in a decision delayed by an administrative error and the union's request to postpone it to avoid irregularities.
The FWC has "adjusted the types of cases" allocated to Commissioner Sophie Panopoulos "having regard to her personal circumstances" after her legal representative appeared for her in a Victorian court yesterday.
A silk's report commissioned by Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth found no basis for allegations of "misbehaviour" by FWC President Adam Hatcher and Vice President Ingrid Asbury towards Commissioner Jennifer Hunt, according to Justice Hatcher, while the vice president is now seeking the commissioner's removal or suspension.
