Victoria's Andrews Government has appointed former ACTU president Sharan Burrow and ex-FWC president Iain Ross to key roles on a tripartite taskforce to improve safety and support for apprentices.
The FWC has affirmed that blaming late applications on "technical difficulties" without hard evidence is not enough to extend time, even when the margin is just 60 seconds.
A solicitor has been granted permission to re-plead his damages claim against Harmers Workplace Lawyers for allegedly mishandling a discrimination case against his former firm.
Electricity industry employers are seeking a review of an ETU-negotiated agreement clause requiring non-members to pay $1500 a year for a course to access a $7000 productivity allowance, while the MBA says the union should consider whether it is breaching freedom of association and corrupting benefits laws.
Protecting Worker Entitlements Act receives Royal Assent; Wooden stepping down from HILDA; Federal safety scheme review discussion paper; Internal reform for UK peak employer body; FWC animations to boost understanding of unfair dismissal regime; ILO Fiji director job up for grabs; and UK tribunal finds critique of gender-critical beliefs is harassment.
A court has refused to grant an interlocutory injunction restraining a lawyer from working in a large regional area while his former firm seeks to enforce a contractual two-year ban, instead accepting an undertaking after observing the legal practice did not have a strong case.
The FWC has outlined its "interim" strategy for regulating registered organisations while it awaits the result of a review of functions it inherited as part of the Albanese Government's Secure Jobs legislation.
A CFMMEU organiser has been granted an entry permit despite a lengthy history of convictions for alcohol-related offences, the FWC in part reasoning that because none occurred in workplace settings he met the definition of a fit and proper person.
New DEWR data shows that bargained private sector wages grew at 3.9% a year in the March quarter - the fastest rate of increase in more than a decade, but still a long way behind inflation.
The UWU says that a rare strike by farm workers has won a "same job, same pay" pledge from a Victoria grower of baby leaf salads for Aldi, Coles and export markets.
