The Turnbull Government's threat of a double dissolution election is yet to convince crucial Senate crossbenchers to pass the ABCC and registered organisations bills next month.
The Coalition minority on a Senate inquiry into exploitation of temporary visa workers has slammed key majority recommendations, which include requiring labour hire companies to be licensed, imposing a $4000 levy on 457 visaholders, "one-for-one" employment of foreign and Australian tertiary graduates and stronger regulation of franchisors.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is recalling both houses of parliament for a crunch vote on the bills to re-establish the ABCC and set up the Registered Organisations Commission, which is expected to pave the way for a double dissolution election.
The FWC has ruled an employee is not protected from unfair dismissal because his US$100,000 annual remuneration exceeded the high-income threshold at the time he lost his job.
The Victorian County Court has given suspended jail sentences to two former Cbus employees who pleaded guilty to giving false and misleading evidence to the Heydon Royal Commission.
The FWC is encouraging employers to implement paid domestic and family violence leave, after a law firm unfairly dismissed a domestic violence victim for repeated unexplained absences.
Journalists at Fairfax Media's flagship publications have walked off the job today after the management unveiled a plan to cut a further 120 full-time equivalent positions.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has thrown her weight behind the AiG's bid to delay the April 4 rollout of the contractor driver minimum rates order, warning of adverse effects on the economy, the movement of freight and on the viability of businesses.
A veteran Qantas flight attendant who won her job back in 2014 after winning an unfair dismissal case is back in the FWC, with the airline this week failing to block the tribunal from hearing her anti-bullying application.
