NSW's Perrottet Government has raised its 2.5% wage ceiling to 3% next financial year and up to 3.5% in 2023-24, in the face of incomes falling behind consumer price inflation and unions taking industrial action seeking to scrap the cap.
In a ruling that shines a light on "haphazard" HR practices in Victoria's Health Department at the height of the pandemic, the FWC has rejected claims it did not sack a hotel quarantine worker and lambasted it for meeting production orders with redactions that rendered evidence meaningless.
Morrison Government IR Minister Michaelia Cash has retained the portfolio in new Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's shadow ministry, announced this afternoon.
The Australian Government Solicitor has asked the full bench hearing the aged care work value case to revise its timetable so the incoming Labor Government - which has promised to fund pay rises in the sector - can make a late submission in August.
The Albanese Government's submission to the FWC's minimum wage bench has reiterated the Government's view that it should award a rise that keeps pace with the 5.1% headline consumer price inflation rate.
Four-day working week could help ACTPS attract top talent; ALLA webinar explores implications of High Court's Pattinson ruling; ACTU TVC highlights collective power on wages; Downer for workers as FWC accepts 275% pay rise a mistake; and TWU pushes for state-based standards-setting bodies.
The Andrews Government has responded to IR Victoria's review of child employment legislation by introducing amendments to broaden the definition of employment, simplify the licensing system and extend its coverage to not-for-profit organisations.
Many workers would forgo a pay rise of up to 10% to secure more say in where and when they work, according to a study that says the Fair Work Act is failing to keep up with flexible practices, while other research says WFH employees save an average of $10,000 a year.
An experienced HR manager, who also played a central role in his employer's doomed attempt to establish an enterprise union, failed to do any of the "basic things" expected of his profession when he seized on the first opportunity to sack a worker threatening to take bullying and harassment claims to "Fair Work", a court has found.
