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"Extreme heat" rules; Productivity inquiry deadline looms; and more

ACTU pushes "extreme heat" regulations; Inquiry issues discussion paper to spur submissions; NES inquiry submissions close late this month; and Clarification from race discrimination commissioner.

Queensland bins productivity-stifling procurement policies

Queensland's Crisafulli Government has enthusiastically embraced the State Productivity Commission's call to "rationalise" procurement policies as part of an overall construction industry "reset", indicating backing for 51 of 64 recommendations contained in the final report of the QPC's inquiry into the sector.

Rewrite federal compensation legislation: Review

A review of Comcare's legislative framework says there is no choice but to redraft it, and warns AI, WFH and climate change "megatrends" all carry a risk of increasing psychological injury claims, while unions say workers compensation changes in NSW will cut support to those who are close to "catatonic" with such injuries.

Former FWC member to review Labor's Loopholes reforms

Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has engaged a former long-serving FWC member to review the Albanese Government's Closing Loopholes reforms.

New inquiry into national employment standards

A House of Representatives committee has begun an inquiry into the "operation and adequacy" of the National Employment Standards, after a referral from Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth.

Ravbar engineered "impregnable fiefdom": Irving

Former CFMEU construction and general division Queensland branch leaders Michael Ravbar and Jade Ingham directed membership payments to the state-registered union rather than the federally-registered entity, leaving members without voting power, in a move that might have been intended to "create an impregnable fiefdom into which the national organisation could not reach", administrator Mark Irving KC said today.

Irving KC fronts Wood inquiry this week

The Wood inquiry into the CFMEU's activities in Queensland will put construction division administrator Mark Irving KC on the stand in a hearing this week.

Queensland scraps construction procurement standards

Queensland's Crisafulli Government is removing the former Labor administration's best practice pay and conditions procurement guidelines for new State-funded construction projects, following the release of a State productivity commission report, while the Wood inquiry has appointed new counsel assisting, ahead of its first substantive hearings.

Wood inquiry starts hearings, after wave of resignations

The Wood inquiry into the CFMEU construction and general division in Queensland has set down two tranches of hearings, as it rebuilds its counsel assisting team after a string of resignations.

Federal portable leave scheme still on backburner

The Albanese Government has confirmed it has not undertaken any work to pursue the promised introduction of a Federal portable leave scheme since it "paused" consultation on the entitlement last year.

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