A union has won a rare order allowing it to inspect the employee records of a business part-owned by a listed company in search of proof of underpayments.
A Greens Bill introduced to Parliament this morning seeks to address the technology-driven "blurring" of work and life by providing a right to disconnect in the NES, implementing one of the key recommendations of a recent Senate inquiry.
The FWC has found that a HR manager who quit after her employer changed her responsibilities was not forced to resign, noting that although she had to report to a different manager, "a change in a reporting line does not constitute constructive dismissal".
The International Trade Union Confederation is looking for a new general secretary after declaring it no longer has confidence in the Italian union leader who succeeded former ACTU president Sharan Burrow in the top job.
The Productivity Commission says a review of the Albanese Government's new multi-employer bargaining measures should consider amending the Competition and Consumer Act so the ACCC can play a role.
New RBA analysis says productivity and wages have slowed for employers in heavily award-reliant sectors and they are "seemingly less likely to attract staff and grow", but the Centre for Future Work says the answer is "stronger awards" and a collective bargaining recovery.
The Productivity Commission has today recommended the Albanese Government strip back the modern awards objective to seven points and establish an independent dispute resolution mechanism within the FWC for platform workers.
The Secure Jobs amendment's "incredible broadening" of access to arbitration when bargaining becomes deadlocked is a "massive change" that could have a "really, really significant effect" if the FWC is willing to use it, and could play a significant part in reversing the last decade's bargaining decline, according to an eminent IR and employment law academic.
A dumpling chain's HR manager was knowingly concerned in its Fair Work Act contraventions and "did not simply act as a conduit", the Federal Court has held in a liability judgment, finding she also instructed and trained a colleague in a payroll scam using both accurate and inaccurate records.
The Albanese Government is not attracted to "scorched earth" IR policies to address Australia's productivity challenges, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said today, ahead of tomorrow's tabling of the final report of the Productivity Commission's productivity inquiry.
