The ACTU has slammed the Albanese Government's decision to dump its commitment to guaranteeing a weekly minimum of 30 paid hours for short-term workers on the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme.
The FWC has found a flexible working request invalid, because of its "tenuous" connection to the worker's caring responsibilities and the strain his absence would have imposed on other workers.
The general manager of a cosmetics services chain who held dual roles that in combination paid above the high-income threshold can pursue an unfair dismissal claim because it only relates to one of her positions, the FWC has held.
The ACTU is calling for standalone AI legislation and a dedicated regulator in its scathing response to the Productivity Commission's inquiry report, which it says offers "nothing for working people".
Victoria's Allan Labor Government has introduced a Bill to boost the ability of the State's Labour Hire Authority to prevent people with links to criminal organisations from operating labour hire businesses and to make it a criminal offence to retaliate against those who speak out.
HR and diversity practitioners say employers are using elite university attendance to filter out job applicants, but few utilise social class data to boost diversity and inclusion, according to Diversity Council Australia research that sets out pathways to recognise and remove the "class ceiling".
The NSW PSA has won a rule change to enable it to cover speed camera operators after it resolved an ASU objection via undertakings allowing either of them to ask the ACTU to help settle any demarcation disputes before heading to private arbitration.
More women are being appointed to managerial roles but their high resignation rates are undermining gender equality gains, while occupational segregation remains a key driver of inequality, according to a new WGEA report.
Once the FWC resolves Commission-initiated gender undervaluation "low-hanging fruit", its president expects unions and employer groups to make their own applications to deal with the remaining "more difficult areas".
