Men are using reproductive leave almost as much as women, a Queensland Council of Unions survey of State public sector workers has revealed, one year after the introduction of the entitlement.
Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has engaged a former long-serving FWC member to review the Albanese Government's Closing Loopholes reforms.
The FWC has rejected a UWU costs claim against a staff union representing organisers it sacked after their involvement in pay negotiations on behalf of Queensland public school teacher aides and cleaners, just as the Crisafulli Government says it has reached a "landmark" in-principle deal covering the workers.
In an "industry-first", a newly-approved union agreement covering editorial employees at news publications including Crikey and The Mandarin explicitly prohibits AI from replacing human employees and requires all output to have human oversight.
A legal practice has failed to block another firm from representing a former employee, after it argued that a barrister who once worked for both of them might have shared crucial insights on his way through to the Bar.
Victoria's Allan Government is supporting a Silver Review recommendation that public sector agencies ensure employees adhere to the expectation that they work a minimum of three days in the office, with most currently attending for only two days.
The FWC has warned the CFMEU against a "burger with the lot" approach to pressing its objections to a proposed construction industry deal, after rejecting an employer's complaints that the union had no involvement in bargaining and has no members covered.
AWU Queensland branch secretary Stacey Schinnerl received a death threat and was harassed in front of her child, during a concerted CFMEU campaign against its rival that escalated after she became leader, because as a newly-elected woman the CFMEU viewed her as weak, she told the Wood inquiry today.
A highly-paid Commonwealth Bank executive has told the FWC he did not deserve to lose his job over accusations that he shared customer information over the popular WeChat Chinese messaging platform and misled the bank's investigators.
Pharmacy giant Chemist Warehouse must start negotiating a collective agreement with 300 employees in South Australia after the FWC issued what has been hailed as the first multi-employer bargaining authorisation in the retail sector.
