WA's Cook Labor Government has introduced legislation to lift casual loading from 20% to 25%, give some workers an enforceable right to request flexibility, and empower the IRC to discipline industrial agents, but it continues to lag on portable LSL.
Legislation has passed Federal Parliament today to largely protect workers who bring sexual harassment claims from costs orders, marking the "final legislative reform" in implementing the recommendations of the landmark Respect@Work report, according to the Albanese Government.
Amazon will require its corporate employees across the globe, including in Australia, to return to the office five days a week from early next year to strengthen the company's culture, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Canberra will pay up to $3,000 in superannuation on federally-funded paid parental leave from the middle of next year, under legislation passed by Parliament this afternoon, after the Senate rejected a Coalition amendment to enable cashing-out of the benefit.
A parliamentary inquiry has recommended the Albanese Government consider amending the Fair Work Act's right to request flexible work to ensure menopausal women can access it, while it also wants reproductive leave added to the NES and awards.
The Health Services Union has won 12 days paid reproductive leave in a deal for about 1600 disability service workers, in a "watershed" development it says could be expanded nationwide, as it bargains to entrench the entitlement in five further agreements.
The MEU has today made an ACTU-backed application for a judicial review of the Fair Work Commission's decision to insert a delegates' rights clause in modern awards.
The Albanese Government is "not very far away" from appointing senior IR academics to review its Secure Jobs workplace reforms, while Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt revealed that the AFP is "advanced" in various investigations into the construction industry.
Parents' labour force participation would rise with free provision of childcare for low-paid workers, according to a Productivity Commission report released today.
