Parliamentarians leading tributes to former Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching have recalled her pride in and lessons learned from her brief time in the scandal-plagued Health Services Union, with a Coalition minister acknowledging the period had "hardened" her for politics.
In a case applying the High Court's new guidelines on contractors, a judge has rejected a worker's bid for leave, super and redundancy payments after finding he was not an employee despite averaging 38 hours a week over eight years for a solitary employer.
The ACTU will pursue a 5% increase across all award rates in this year's minimum wage review, arguing it is needed to compensate workers for cost of living pressures.
New Zealand's Ardern Labour Government has introduced legislation to enable occupational and industry-wide bargaining where unions can demonstrate worker support, or it passes a public interest test.
High Court employees accusing judges of inappropriate conduct can request formal external investigations, avoid further contact and if necessary secure an alternative position of equivalent status under a new policy on justices' workplace conduct.
The Budget has introduced changes to taxation arrangements for employee share schemes that will make them more attractive, particularly for unlisted start-up companies.
The Morrison Government's 2022-23 Budget has revealed plans to discuss changes to the National Employment Standards to boost redundancy payouts for women and to extend unpaid leave entitlements to foster and kinship carers.
The Federal Government is forecasting in its 2022-23 Budget that wage growth will increasingly outpace consumer price inflation for the next four financial years, after lagging badly in the current 12 months.
Former ASU assistant national secretary Linda White has been endorsed by the ALP's national executive to fill a key place on the party's Senate ticket for Victoria.
