The Victorian Government has accepted recommendations to seek to shift the destructive "us and them" workplace culture in its metropolitan firefighting service to one based on "trust and respect".
The Turnbull Government is seeking to make a direct link between the Heydon Royal Commission's findings and the ABCC legislation that looks set to be a double-dissolution trigger, but there is no concrete policy connection between the two, according to a leading IR academic.
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.
