Australia is set to get its first federal Anti-Slavery Commissioner after the introduction to Parliament today of legislation designed to establish a role that will include alerting businesses to potential risks in their operations and supply chains, while offering support to victims.
Controversial former Victorian Liberal Senator David Van has put himself forward to negotiate changes to the Closing Loopholes legislation when it comes up for debate in the Senate early next year.
A former One Nation and LNP Queensland MP is an officeholder in a "Pro Choice Union" applying for registration federally and in Queensland after leading a campaign to avoid COVID-19 vaccinations, with the FWC providing 35 days to lodge objections and the QIRC closing them off tomorrow.
The FWC has found an IR consultant's failure to check his emails after business hours on a Friday or the following Monday wholly to blame for a day-late unfair dismissal claim, extending time for his client to argue it unfairly retrenched her after she converted to casual employment.
A CFMMEU official who pushed a site manager and knocked his hard hat off has copped a $10,500 fine and orders to personally fork out 30%, while the repeat offender's latest transgression has cost the union more than $70,000.
The Albanese Government's Closing Loopholes legislation has today passed the House of Representatives, sparking calls from unions for the public to start lobbying for Senate crossbench support.
Qube Ports must reinstate a stevedore who pranged a client's $70,000 Mercedes after an operations manager mistook her explanations as an attempt to excuse her behaviour or shift the blame.
The Greens have won agreement from the Albanese Government for further changes to the Closing Loopholes legislation that will treat unpaid superannuation like wage theft, improve job security for teachers and stop employers from exploiting intractable bargaining declarations.
The SDA has pledged to stake out and help slay the "new zombie agreements" following a FWC decision to terminate Billabong's 2012 national deal at the conclusion of its peak trading period, while the union is also leaping into the crowded KFC class action space.
