The loss of at least $835 million a year to wage theft underlines the importance of supporting the Albanese Government's third tranche reforms to criminalise the practice, according to a McKell Institute report also suggesting that new federal laws should "co-exist" with state laws.
Justice Stephen Gageler is set to be the High Court's new leader when incumbent Chief Justice Susan Kiefel retires in November, while NSW Supreme Court judge Robert Beech-Jones will fill the vacancy created by the promotion, the Albanese Government announced this morning.
The FWC has declined to approve an agreement made by a group of workers from a related company ahead of them being transferred across to the entity that was to be covered by the deal, rejecting the employer's contention that it was a minor procedural or technical error.
In a decision highlighting the importance of clear policies and adequate investigations, the FWC has ordered Rentokil to reinstate three sales workers summarily sacked for sharing their commissions after finding it a longstanding practice.
The FSU is urging RBA workers to vote from today to reject a "bottom rung" proposed deal and hold out until the APSC sufficiently improves its offer for federal public servants, telling members "a new one is just over a week away".
The BCA has called for a root-and-branch overhaul of the country's IR system that would significantly sideline the FWC in agreement-making, downgrade awards in favour of the NES and redirect the FWO's energies towards helping employers ensure their payrolls are compliant.
The Offshore Alliance and the ETU say they will hit Woodside's North West Shelf gas platforms with industrial action as early as Saturday if a bargaining meeting this week disappoints workers, as the threat of broader strikes loom.
The FWC has upheld a major insurance provider's sacking of a work-from-home employee whose keystrokes data revealed inactivity 90% of the time, finding her circumstances "all the more regrettable" given her previous long history of satisfactory service.
BHP has abandoned its latest pursuit of an agreement for maintenance workers at its in-house labour hire arm after conceding it failed to properly explain how a proposed "regional hub model" would operate.
