The Albanese Government has this morning introduced legislation to ensure that, unless expressly agreed otherwise, workers will not lose out on employer-funded paid parental leave if their child is stillborn or dies soon after birth.
Although most food and "last mile" gig delivery workers are supplementing their main income, more than 30% say these earnings are "essential" and the majority are multi-apping, according to a report commissioned by the FWC as it considers bids for minimum standards orders.
Early childhood multi-employer agreements now cover about 37% of the industry's employees, according to the UWU, after the FWC added a further 14 employers.
Two HSU branches in Victoria are merging to form a "stronger union", but members of one are complaining that it is being undemocratically rushed through without consultation.
A chicken deboner found by a full bench to have been unfairly summarily sacked for serious misconduct after overestimating his productivity has won the maximum 26 weeeks compensation, after a ruling on Friday.
Grave diggers and funeral workers are set to vote on strikes and cremation bans after the FWC rejected claims that no amount of notice will avert "significant consequences", while also backing the AWU's objection to the employer's proposed survey of its workforce to gauge its views.
The FWC might hear the landmark working from home case in early December, after FWC President Adam Hatcher today acceded to an AIG request for a short delay to provide time for submissions on jurisdictional issues unions have raised, related to the National Employment Standards and the recently-passed penalty rates protection legislation.
Australian women are more likely than men to retire early, citing health concerns, menopause, pay imbalances and caring responsibilities, but many say pay parity and greater flexibility would help them stay in the workforce longer, according to a seven-country survey.
An employer has won another shot at knocking out an ETU claim that it fraudulently "concealed" in an FWC agreement approval application its alleged engagement of employees for the sole purpose of voting it up.
