The FWC has issued a single interest employer authorisation for two regional Victorian councils, in the first full bench ruling to weigh whether it is barred from approving multi-employer negotiations when a union and an employer party have allegedly agreed in writing to bargain for a proposed single-enterprise agreement.
Legislation that sets an objective for superannuation passed Parliament last night, but the Bill to cap concessional tax treatment for earnings from superannuation accounts with balances exceeding $3 million remains stalled.
In a major test of supported bargaining provisions, McDonald's has told the FWC it is inappropriate for SA franchisees to bargain together with the SDA, while the ACTU is seeking to intervene given the case's significant implications for unions.
A nurse and one-time member of the ANMF Victorian branch council is seeking to register a rival union that claims it "will be the voice for nurses across Victoria".
Courts will be able to issue protection orders banning those who subject "frontline" federal public servants to violence and aggression from further access to their workplaces for up to two years, under newly-introduced Albanese Government legislation.
A Senate inquiry into AI has recommended updating workplace OHS frameworks to impose a positive duty on employers to minimise the risk of AI and mandating consultation, while a second parliamentary probe is considering whether the government should introduce protections from excessive workplace surveillance.
A leading IR barrister says few employers are equipped to deal with the "huge sleeper issue" posed by the rise of working from home, as it becomes increasingly difficult to order employees to return, but he does not believe more legislation is the answer.
The Albanese Government's legislation to link its funding for the 15% work value pay rise for early childhood educators to limits on childcare operator fee increases, to ensure the funding is reflected in workers' wages, has passed parliament.
A FWC full bench has upheld a deputy president's decision to throw out the unfair dismissal claims of two UWU organisers who had adverse action cases on foot at the time they filed, flouting Fair Work Act provisions preventing multiple applications of a certain type.
A Slater and Gordon HR chief sacked for allegedly misleading its board about underpaid leave entitlements of more than $300,000 is accusing it in a Federal Court adverse action case of retaliating in response to "whistleblower" disclosures.
