The ministerial working group on vulnerable visa workers chaired by Employment Minister Michaelia Cash is considering licensing of labour hire companies as part of its deliberations, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton revealed in Parliament this week.
The chief executive and a manager of a chamber of commerce and industry who withdrew bullying and harassment complaints once they no longer had contact with the alleged perpetrators did not act vexatiously or without reasonable cause in seeking anti-bullying orders, the FWC has found.
The FWC has found even the "most basic" of HR advice would have avoided the "error laden and unfair" dismissal of a 457 visa holder employed under an exploitative arrangement in which she worked as a motel senior manager on the proviso that her partner toiled for free.
New federal government data shows that there has been little change in the gender pay gap between men and women over the past 12 months, but some progress in employer action to support victims of domestic violence and sexual harassment.
South Australia's Weatherill Government is set to provide its public sector workforce with up to 15 days of domestic violence leave, while Queensland's Palaszczuk Government is giving its public sector employees 10 days a year and more flexible working arrangements from today.
The Fair Work Commission has invited union auditors to discuss the risks around the misuse of corporate credit cards, in the wake of allegations about the NUW's NSW branch that have been canvassed in Heydon Royal Commission hearings.
The Fair Work Commission will hear objections to the insertion of model annual leave terms into hospitality, mining and health sector modern awards at a hearing next month.
Paid domestic and family violence leave will become a universal workplace right if a Shorten Labor Government comes to power, the federal Opposition announced today.
Bullying complaints by NSW public sector employees appear to be falling from an "unacceptably high" level, along with associated compensation claims, while the government is in the final stages of developing an anti-bullying "dashboard", according to a new report from the state's Public Service Commission.
