The Minerals Council is warning the Albanese Government against introducing vicarious liability provisions in new Fair Work Act discrimination protections, while also urging it not to replace the Barclay burden of proof test for adverse action cases, saying it risks giving a "green light" to misconduct for those claiming to be engaging in industrial activity.
The FWC's national practice leader for bargaining has started the clock on compulsory conciliation while a strike vote is conducted, having also used one of the first applications under new workplace laws to suggest that while the "recency" of the provisions made a case for endorsing an unapproved ballot agent, the bar will be higher in future.
A court has ordered a juice bar that pocketed a worker's JobKeeper payments to cough up nearly $30,000 and its director $5000 for ignoring a FWO compliance notice, signalling to the restaurant and cafe sector that its lawbreaking record has created a need for "very substantial general deterrence".
Bunnings workers have voted up a long-awaited deal that introduces an extra week of annual leave, trials a four-day working week and scraps a contentious "bank of hours" rostering system, but RAFFWU claims it undercuts award minimums and is "simply not approvable in its current format".
The FWC will convene a "substantive bringing together of the parties" that won't be a mere "tick and flick exercise" before protected action ballot applications are approved, under the changes introduced in the Albanese Government's Secure Jobs, Better Pay legislation.
The Welsh peak union body is advocating for the UK Government to introduce a statutory requirement for large employers to report on their LGBTQ+ pay gap and their action plans to address highlighted inequities.
Proposed deal promises calmer waters for Svitzer, unions; IR luminary to be Victorian governor; Government announces new AAT appointments; $90K fine after notices thrown in bin; IEU wins 13% backdated pay rises; & Protest fines "unacceptable", say unions.
RBA Governor Dr Philip Lowe says it is "perfectly understandable" that the lowest paid workers be compensated for inflation, but that "we'll get ourselves into trouble" if all workers believe their wages should track CPI.
Unit labour costs have fallen for the second successive quarter as a small decline in hours worked still produced an annual increase of 7.1%, according to ABS national accounts data released today.
