The Crisafulli Government's proposed IR Bill "represents the most significant attack on worker rights and entitlements since the Newman era", Maurice Blackburn said in its submission to an inquiry into the legislation, as an inquiry into the legislation kicks off today.
Early educators guaranteed 15% pay rise; "De-escalation" training for parliamentarians; Loxton, Stam appointed to SAET; and Technology and productivity inquiry.
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".
The FWC's powers should be further extended to conciliate underpayment claims as a quicker, low-cost alternative to the courts, the ACTU has told a Senate wage theft inquiry.
New ACTU pitch for vehicle allowances; Delayed CPI move for expense-related allowances; Further reporting extension for WFH inquiry; and Labour law conference seeking papers.
Existing AI technologies could boost labour productivity growth in Australia to levels last seen in the late 1990s and early 2000s, according to a leading AI developer.
The Business Council is urging the Albanese Government to repeal part of its intractable bargaining determination framework, while warning of same-job, same-pay orders that risk "overcompensating" labour hire workers and imposing additional obligations where they are already receiving host rates, in its submission to the Closing Loopholes review.
The National Employment Standards' weekly hours limit is incompatible with FIFO and 24/7 operations because of their reliance on averaged and extended shifts, and the "reasonableness" test is too burdensome, AREEA says in its submission to the NES inquiry.
Economists, labour market researchers, and unions have hit back at claims more deregulation is the key to productivity growth, in submissions to a Senate inquiry.
A right-wing think tank has told a Senate inquiry that productivity is an increasingly unreliable measure and other statistics provide a better gauge of the economy's health.
