"Platforms are clipping the ticket" and "taking more off the top than what they should be", the HSU's national secretary told the Senate Closing Loopholes Bill inquiry today, expressing his support for the legislation's employee-like provisions.
In the wake of a substantial rise in corporate underpayments, new Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth has called for boards to elevate the importance of IR compliance to the same level as workplace safety.
A FWC member is recommending "a good deal" to settle a Sydney Water bargaining dispute that would boost wages by 11%, provide a one-off $2000 cost of living payment and facilitate a new classification framework to bust through the utility's "glass ceiling".
Just weeks after he brokered a settlement of hydrocarbon giant Chevron's bargaining dispute, Fair Work Commission mediator Bernie Riordan is back on the job after the company sought his help to resolve agreement drafting issues that have led to unions preparing for renewed industrial action from October 19.
The FWC has ordered a mining company to reinstate a worker it sacked on "inaccurate" medical advice and has recommended that if employers encounter competing medical opinions, they consult an independent expert.
Former SDA leader Peter O'Keeffe has expressed hope that his experience of being eviscerated by a full bench when forced to argue an absent colleague's porous case will help him perform his new FWC presidential duties with "patience and sympathy".
The Productivity Commission's leadership and human resources teams will undergo training in trauma-informed, victim-centred responses, as part of a suite of "significant" changes for the advisory body, after staff told an independent review that HR is a "black box" offering limited insight into actions to address complaints of inappropriate workplace behaviours.
Australia's largest union has recommended a raft of amendments to bolster the changes to delegates' rights in the Closing Loopholes Bill, while the inquiry into the legislation will tomorrow hear from the gig platform believed to be the target of trenchant criticism from Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke in a recent national press club speech.
The Offshore Alliance is about to resume industrial action at Chevron's Gorgon and Wheatstone onshore LNG processing facilities, amid accusations the energy giant reneged on a commitment to incorporate FWC peace deal recommendations into its agreements.
A worker's sacking rendered unfair by procedural "deficiencies" followed her employer relying heavily on subscription-based HR software program "Happy HR", which provides technical support but not tailored advice.
