Changes to greenfields agreements bargaining, protected action ballots and unpaid parental leave have come into effect today, after the Federal Government's Fair Work Amendment Bill received Royal Assent yesterday.
A former Essendon AFL player is now considering whether to sue the club - and possibly the AFL - for allegedly failing to safeguard his health and wellbeing during the "notorious" 2012 player supplements program, after the Victorian Supreme Court granted him access to excerpts from a raft of League documents.
An HR advisor who failed to convince the FWC he was an employee of a company after being refused permission to appear on its behalf as a paid agent has previously succeeded using a similar tactic.
The Federal Court has found the CFMEU and 11 organisers breached entry rules at four Lend Lease building sites in Adelaide two years ago, but has dismissed claims that they took adverse action by threatening to stop work at one site if the company refused to fly the union flag.
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.
