The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a stay on an $800,000 costs order imposed by a judge who found in June that it had not acted in the best interests of workers when it pursued their employer for underpayments of more than $1 million.
The Coalition has listed the IR legislation that it used to trigger this year’s double dissolution election for debate in the Senate on Monday and Tuesday.
A reduction in size and frequency of pay rises explains the recent historically-low growth in wage rates, according to new RBA research conducted in collaboration with the ABS.
The Turnbull Government has tightened the rules for temporary skilled workers, cutting the time that Subclass 457 visa holders can remain in Australia after their employment ceases from 90 days to 60.
Increasing numbers of women being promoted to managerial roles could indicate "blue skies from now on", but men are still earning almost $27,000 a year more and account for the bulk of managers, according to gender equality agency director Libby Lyons.
An FWC full bench has quashed a ruling that stopped a worker from pursuing an anti-bullying application on the basis that he was not employed by a constitutional corporation.
Rates of pay excluding bonuses in the private sector grew by 1.9% in trend terms in the year to September, after rising by 0.5% in the quarter, while private sector rates including bonuses hit a new low.
Lendlease has struck a new multi-state enterprise agreement with the CFMEU that will deliver pay rises of 20% over four years and provides for a new deal to be negotiated if the Turnbull Government's 2014 construction code takes effect.
