Ahead of a major threatened rail shutdown affecting Sydney and surrounding areas from Friday, NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen has pledged not to repeat the former Coalition State Government's strategy of dragging the dispute before the FWC.
CFMEU construction division administrator Mark Irving is opposing the first application by a sacked former leader to obtain a certificate from the FWC declaring him a fit and proper person to hold office in another union, while Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has this morning condemned a "reckless" bid to bring the administrator before a Senate inquiry next week.
In a bid to further reduce the gender pay gap, the Albanese Government has introduced a Bill that will require employers with 500 or more workers to set new gender equality targets, with their progress publicly available on the WGEA website and compliance required to be eligible for Government contracts.
A court has found an employer who was in a relationship with an employee s-xually harassed her when he extorted her into having unwanted intercourse, setting compensation at $25,000, while rejecting her claim he sacked her for falling pregnant.
The FSU has told an AI webinar it is "disgraceful" the Federal Government left workers out when developing voluntary guardrails for the technology's use, while unions are now seeking protections in agreements as they push for stronger, purpose-built legislation.
Strong employment growth and a lag in adjusting to it provide the most likely explanation for the recent decline in labour productivity, according to labour market economist Jeff Borland.
The ETU has hailed today's Federal Court ruling to allow it to add a further employer as a respondent to a dismissal-related general protections dispute after the 21-day time limit, once their involvement in allegedly sacking two electricians, including a union delegate, became apparent.
A salary packaging provider did not constructively dismiss a customer service officer when it required him to make flexible work requests every three months to enable him to care full-time for his wife, the FWC has ruled.
AI-enabled monitoring of employees is increasingly capable and prevalent, but the already fragmented regulatory regime for workplace surveillance is failing to keep pace, according to a paper delivered at the recent Australian Labour Law Association national conference in Geelong.
Some 350 maintenance and sustainment workers at the Australian Submarine Corporation's Adelaide headquarters have succeeded in their year-long campaign for pay parity with their Western Australian colleagues, winning an upfront average increase of 18.5%.
