New DEWR data shows bargained private sector wages have jumped to their highest level of growth in nine years but at half the rate of inflation, while public sector pay continues to be stymied by caps.
A former chef at a major catering company has appeared before FWC President Adam Hatcher seeking an equal remuneration order, in a case that could test workers' ability to seek retrospective redress from a pay equity expert panel once they have left an employer.
The Albanese Government's proposed model for national labour hire regulation exposes host employers and labour suppliers to criminal penalties if they "knowingly or recklessly" flout the scheme's rules.
Victoria's appeal court has upheld a ruling that an employer treated a manager unfavourably because of her s-x, when it ignored her repeated attempts to negotiate over-agreement pay rates, despite affording higher rates to male colleagues.
An aspiring chief executive who alleges he was forced to resign after being accused of swearing at the baking company's owner/founder has been granted access to any communications sent to him by the owner containing the words "f-ck", "f-cked" or "bullsh-t".
A NSW Greens candidate has won extra time to pursue an investment bank with a former Coalition IR Minister on its board, after it allegedly refused his parental leave application and retrenched him after he ran for local government and inquired about his rights.
Employer organisations have generally welcomed the Albanese Government's plan to require businesses to pay superannuation on paydays rather than quarterly from 2026, but the small business lobby is seeking lower costs and possible exemptions.
In a significant ruling on calculation of penalties for workplace breaches, a full Federal Court has found that a judge should not have given weight to the possibility that a union official who flouted the law could lose his entry permit.
