Adelaide University Professor of Law Andrew Stewart suggests that the Albanese Government's next tranche of legislation might be broken into two packages, while he says the proposal to empower the FWC to deal with "employee-like" work should be viewed a complement to defining employment, rather than a substitute.
The Federal Opposition has today raised concerns about the Albanese Government's appointment of what it says are Labor-linked union officials to the RBA's board, puncturing the bipartisanship after yesterday's release of the review of the central bank.
An industry group is hoping to press ahead with a pioneering multi-employer agreement for heating, ventilation and air conditioning businesses in NSW, after the AMWU provided reassurance that it remains committed to negotiations derailed by a contested union election.
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe says the two new appointments to the RBA board - ex-FWC president Iain Ross and business executive Elana Rubin - came from an existing list of potential candidates.
An employer took adverse action against two union delegates when it retrenched them four hours before the deadline for voluntary redundancies, a court has found.
The Albanese Government has appointed former FWC president Iain Ross and ex-ACTU industrial officer Elana Rubin as part-time members of the RBA's Board, after it released the review of the central bank this morning.
The Albanese Government's consultation paper on proposed discrimination and general protections changes is tacitly inviting unions to push for amendments to overcome the High Court's Barclay and BHP Coal rulings on the burden of proof in adverse action cases, and for employers to seek clarification of the workplace rights to complain or inquire, according to a leading IR law academic.
In ordering a witness to attend a hearing in person, a NSW IRC member has highlighted "real pitfalls when evidence is not given in person" and emphasised that despite the widespread acceptance of virtual appearances at the height of COVID-19, there is no "presumption in favour of granting an order that evidence be given by [audio-visual link]".
A Federal Court majority has today dealt a hammer blow to NSW's and Victoria's pursuit of employers alleged to have avoided long service leave entitlements to casuals, ruling that a tribunal's reading of the Fair Work Act's LSL provision produced an "absurdity" whereby employers received "no warning" they could be held criminally liable for supposed non-payments.
The Women's Economic Equality Taskforce is urging the Albanese Government to make room in the May Budget for an interim pay rise for all early childhood educators and aged care workers and to ensure primary carers accrue super while on paid parental leave.
