A new watchdog with ASIC-based powers will enforce more onerous disclosure and accountability requirements on registered organisations, which will also face tougher penalties - including jail terms - under one of two IR bills introduced today by the Abbott Government.
Fair Work President Justice Iain Ross will no longer have to front up every time the Senate holds Estimates hearings in Canberra, with the Senate this afternoon adopting a Labor motion that he only appear if the relevant committee requests him to.
Former Fair Pay Commission head - and Howard Government appointee - Professor Ian Harper has rebuffed a claim by Tony Abbott's new business advisory council chair Dr Maurice Newman that Australia's minimum wage is too high relative to other countries.
The federal registration of transport employer association NatRoad Ltd has hit a snag, with a FWC full bench ruling today that its application does not comply with the Registered Organisations Act.
Total adverse action claims exceeded 3000 in the year to September, while the number of unfair dismissal claims reached a new high in the last quarter, according to Fair Work Commission statistics.
A highly-paid Geelong-based anaesthetist has lost his job for a second time after a senior FWC member found that his conduct following his reinstatement in February had contributed to the destruction of his employer's trust in him.
A FWC full bench has rejected the ALAEA's challenge to the approval of a Qantas agreement that covers a category of workers at the centre of a rift between aviation unions.
The Abbott Government is set to give the re-established ABCC new powers to stop picketing of building sites, in the legislation to be tabled in the House of Representatives this week.
The FWC will next month consider applications to add new default super funds to modern awards, while it has confirmed that its new expert panel will early next year seek applications to add MySuper products to the mix.
The Labor Government's construction industry watchdog, which the Coalition will seek to scrap in a bill to be introduced into federal parliament this week, did not conduct any compulsory examinations during its first full year of operation, according to its annual report.
