FWC President Iain Ross has signalled that the tribunal will seek to hold hearings outside of its traditional CBD locations to better meet the needs of users and is looking at the possibility online resolution of disputes – including those involving unfair dismissal.
The next federal government should amend the Fair Work Act to enable the FWC to determine gender-based work undervaluation cases extend pro-rata paid annual and carers' leave to casuals and enforce the 38-hour working week, according to an academic group's report.
Tribunal backs dismissal for "racial slur"; FWC’s "New Approaches" program moves beyond pilot phase; FWO sets up "anonymous reports" site; and Bench upholds union right to be heard on FOC ship deal.
With the deadline looming for companies to submit their annual gender equity reports, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has highlighted a 13.9% pay gap for female senior managers in law firms, while a new KPMG report shows ASX-listed employers are making slow progress in appointing female senior executives – with the notable exception of HR roles.
The FWC has reinstated a senior clinician fired for making "ill-advised" jokes about her hospital director in email exchanges with her supervisor, after finding "the punishment did not fit the crime".
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has today criticised CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch leader John Setka for reportedly comparing the Coalition's "attack" on the union and its members to that of Hitler's Germany, after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called on the Labor leader to "publicly disown" the union secretary.
Wages in private sector agreements approved in the March quarter have continued to grow at the lowest rate since 1991, while public sector deals have delivered the lowest rises in 22 years, according to Department of Employment data released today.
The CFMEU says the construction watchdog prosecuted its national secretary, Michael O'Connor, on the basis of flimsy evidence, in an effort to politically embarrass his brother, shadow workplace relations minister Brendan O'Connor.
