Victoria's Andrews Labor government faces a backlash from public sector unions over a plan to cut up to 4000 jobs this year as part of a longer-term strategy to reduce debt incurred in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACTU is calling on the Albanese Government to make it easier for those "misclassified" as casuals to recover their full entitlements, with its research showing casual workers earn nearly 11% less than permanent employees of the same skill level or occupation and most are in long-term arrangements.
A senior FWC member has continued to resist CFMMEU intercession in the approval of non-union deals, condemning it for straying beyond his direction that it confine its submissions on a demolition company's rollover agreement to a BOOT assessment.
Former ACTU manager Mary Doyle has used her first parliamentary speech to urge Australians to "re-embrace" concepts of welfare and social security, drawing on her experiences of having an alcoholic father on an invalid pension and requiring support as she recovered from cancer surgery to aver that "these are not dirty words".
A government security agency has failed to dissuade the FWC from further delaying a former employee's unfair dismissal case while he continues to defend indecency and stalking charges.
The ASU has welcomed an early NDIS review recommendation for the Albanese Government to collaborate with the states and territories to test a portable leave scheme, while the review panel says migrant workers should also enjoy the same standards as the domestic workforce.
The MBA is urging the Albanese Government to drop its plan to empower the FWC to deal with "employee-like" work, but says that if it is determined to go ahead, then the new jurisdiction should be confined to digital platform workers.
A review of modern awards by the FWC will consider whether coverage should be extended in the arts sector, the other portfolio held by Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke.
The FWC will today convene its first annual members' conference in five years, as it prepares for the Secure Jobs bargaining and agreement changes that take effect next month.
Despite warning of an "unbounded period" of entitlement, DEWR has failed to overturn an AAT finding that a real estate salesperson is eligible for FEG payments reflecting sales commissions that did not fall due until properties settled after the 13-week statutory window.
