Higher superannuation contributions and federal minimum wage rates are - along with new federal senators taking their seats - among the changes due to take effect from Tuesday, July 1.
The Northern Territory's CLP Government has asked Unions NT to relinquish a lease over a valuable property in the Darwin CBD after the completion of a hotly-contested inquiry.
An employer facing a bullying claim has won permission to be represented by a lawyer in FWC proceedings to deal with whether it is a constitutional corporation and the alleged victim is a "worker" under the terms of the Fair Work Act's anti-bullying provisions.
The Australian Industry Group has called for industry-wide pattern agreements to be outlawed under both the Competition and Consumer Act and the Fair Work Act.
Employer organisations have lodged submissions in support of the five annual leave clauses they want inserted in modern awards, while the ACTU has asked the FWC to approve a clause clarifying that termination payments have to include what employees would have received had they taken the leave they are owed.
The Abbott Government says the wide-ranging Productivity Commission inquiry into the Fair Work laws will proceed in an "timely manner" but is yet to reveal a timeframe.
The Federal Court has rejected an attempt by retail employers to halt a two-step transition towards adult pay for 20-year-old retail workers, which will start on July 1.
A court has cleared an organisation of allegations that it discriminated against two employees when it made them redundant while on parental leave, but has penalised it for a tardy response to their requests for changes to their working arrangements.
