The FWC has reinstated a teacher who delayed her COVID-19 vaccination so she could consult a heart specialist, but lost her job before she could do so.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has indicated that the Albanese Government will respond to the FWC's recent provisional decision favouring paid domestic violence leave by legislating for the entitlement, while he says Labor did not take detailed proposals for reform of the bargaining regime to the election due to the "complexity" of problems and his desire to have a department behind him to "work through all of that sensibly".
The FWC is seeking feedback within four weeks on its draft online proceedings framework, which outlines how matters can be heard in person, partly online, or fully online, at the discretion of the member.
The FSU is seeking annual pay rises of 6% in bargaining at both Westpac and NAB, arguing the hefty increases are justified by the inflation spike and the major banks' continuing strong profits.
A leading labour law academic has expressed concern that the High Court's recent Rossato ruling "unduly swayed" a senior FWC member who found a casual worker's contract helped establish she had no reasonable expectation of continuing employment, despite having worked every week for 14 months.
Victoria will match the NSW Government's $3000 bonus payments to health workers as it seeks to attract and retain workers during the winter flu season.
IR Minister Tony Burke has told public servants who will form a part of the new Department of Employment and Workplace Relations that he that he wants unfiltered, fearless advice, particularly if the government appears to be heading in the wrong direction.
The ACTU has told the FWC that while the new Labor Government's submission has "repeatedly" referred to increases for the low-paid, the minimum wage panel should resist any temptation to depart from its recent practice of adjusting the NMW and award rates by a "uniform percentage amount".
A 20% pay cut imposed on a general manager while his employer shut its doors due to COVID-19 restrictions breached his contract and did not qualify as a JobKeeper-enabling direction, WA's IRC has held.
