Large non-government employers will be required in May 2014 to lodge reports on the gender make-up and pay equity of their workforces, after the passage through the Senate last night of the Government's workplace gender equality legislation.
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Fair Work Australia is considering launching civil penalty proceedings against the HSU national branch over the failure of the now defunct East branch to meet its financial reporting obligations under the Registered Organisations Act.
The High Court's Barclay ruling does not mean that employers can simply rely on direct evidence about their reasoning in making a decision, a leading IR lawyer has warned.
Employers must develop and enforce social media policies or face risks such as brand damage and the unauthorised public release of confidential information, a senior workplace lawyer has warned.
The ACTU will next March convene a national summit on insecure work where it will push for change beyond that recommended in the Howe report; while a new study has found that the greater the disconnect between desired and actual work hours, the greater the incidence of stress and anxiety.
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Fair Work Australia has refused to approve an agreement that purported to cover only one employee who doubled as a director of the employer, and another that failed the BOOT test by requiring employees to accept unenforceable obligations.
In a significant ruling on remedies available under the Independent Contractors Act, a full court of the Federal Court has given an IT project manager another chance to vary her expired agreement to obtain compensation from labour hire firm Clarius Group Limited.
The Federal Government has acknowledged that businesses will incur additional costs to comply with its proposed harmonisation of national anti-discrimination laws.
