The RBA says several new early indicators it has developed in-house are helping it to build a "fuller view" of wage movements ahead of the release of official figures.
An employer has fended off a new employee's adverse action claim after providing evidence of the numerous steps it took to address se-xual harassment and bullying allegations before her abrupt resignation.
The FWC has confirmed the timetable for a review aimed at updating job security provisions, addressing work and care issues and considering coverage of the arts and culture sector in seven awards, giving interested parties an extra week to consult on what the ACTU expects to be the most debated element of making the instruments "easier to understand", but holding firm on the final report date.
The Minerals Council says it will continue fighting the Albanese Government's Closing Loopholes legislation until it "goes back to the drawing board", after having already spent "tens of millions" of dollars campaigning against the changes.
The FWC in today issuing its first intractable bargaining declaration has acknowledged union concerns about a government agency "reneging" on supposedly already-agreed terms, but nevertheless given the parties two weeks to determine which outstanding matters should be arbitrated by the Commission.
A FWC full bench has refused to extend a Work Choices zombie agreement, finding its pay and conditions "manifestly inadequate compared to the award and inconsistent with contemporary industrial standards".
A leading IR academic kicking off a Senate inquiry's hearings into the Albanese Government's Closing Loopholes legislation has recommended passage of changes for "employee-like" gig workers and owner drivers, along with some "improvements".
Key crossbench senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock have today released private senators' bills to bring forward workplace safety changes in the Albanese Government's Closing Loopholes legislation and provide more time for consultation.
An "openly gay" head chef sacked for allegedly molesting female co-workers has won $16,000 compensation, after the FWC found it "more than coincidental" that his employer decided that s-xual harassment provided a valid reason for summary dismissal before it emailed employees a survey full of loaded questions.
FWC president Adam Hatcher is aiming to wrap up the review of modern awards by the middle of next year to avoid it clashing with the minimum wage case.
