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With the FWC seeking feedback by early next month on whether to hold off on reviewing its insertion of right to disconnect terms into awards, a leading employment and IR barrister and former critic of the legislation says the lack of test cases is "remarkable".
Silk Liam Kelly, who has a strong background in commercial law, and two junior counsel have been appointed to assist Commissioner Stuart Wood KC's inquiry into the CFMEU construction and general division's Queensland branch
FWC President Adam Hatcher has conceded the tribunal can juggle only so many balls, placing on ice its scrutiny of potential gender bias in awards' overtime provisions after the publication of an internal research paper.
Queensland's Crisafulli Government will hold a commission of inquiry into the State branch of the CFMEU's construction division in the wake of a report concluding that its former leaders ran a "violent, cruel, misogynist" regime.
The Minns Labor Government's rush to pass contentious workers' compensation amendments has backfired, with the NSW upper house sending the legislation to a Greens-chaired inquiry that will get to decide its own reporting date.
Former CFMEU construction and general division NSW branch leaders Darren and Michael Greenfield will return to court next month, after pleading guilty to receiving or soliciting corrupting benefits.
Employers should be statutorily barred from using AI to make decisions affecting workers without "human oversight", while the FWC should review the National Employment Standards in response to "significant job redesign" by the technology, says a government inquiry into the digital transformation of workplaces.
The Secure Jobs panel has lamented the effects of adversarialism on its review process and IR more generally, while it has backed the axing of the ABCC and ROC and called for the federal government to make earlier commitments to fund equal pay cases.
The Albanese Government should reconsider its approach to limiting fixed-term contracts, give the FWC discretion to forgo compulsory s448A post-PABO conferences, and expand protection against discrimination to cover menopause, according to a draft report of an independent review that has found the Secure Jobs reforms are operating effectively.
A Senate inquiry is calling for guidance on what will qualify as a "reasonable excuse" for failing to comply with a Bill requiring employers with 500 or more workers to set new publicly-tracked gender equality targets that could determine eligibility for government contracts, while the Greens want to lower the threshold to 100 or more employees.
