The ACTU says a decision by federal and state WHS ministers to regulate psychosocial hazards will obligate employers to eliminate mental health risks, but has bemoaned their failure to support national industrial manslaughter laws as a "missed opportunity".
The High Court has rejected a bid by aviation unions to revive their pursuit of paid sick, carer's and compassionate leave for Qantas workers stood down due to the pandemic.
Requests by two HR consultancies to extend coronavirus-driven award variations providing more flexibility to work from home have prompted the FWC to expand the window for submissions on its provisional view that the measures should be wound up.
The Attorney-General's Department is examining the implications of a corporate restructuring last year which saw the taxpayer-funded Fair Entitlements Guarantee liable for about $40 million in employee entitlement claims.
The ABCC has been handed a giant sledgehammer in its running battle with the CFMMEU after a Federal Court judge found that he did not need the construction industry watchdog to request personal payment orders before making union members pay fines out of their own pockets.
Professionals Australia is running a test case on behalf of a software engineer who is suing IBM for more than $100,000 in leave entitlements he claims to be owed due to a decade's misclassification as a contractor before being engaged on a permanent full-time basis in 2010.
Qantas says it will apply a two-year wage freeze in the next round of enterprise agreements across the group, followed by 2% annual pay increases instead of the current 3%.
Early childhood employers have told a FWC full bench that foreshadowed work value increases to teachers' award rates will impose a "significant financial impost" given the Morrison Government did not commit funding for it in this month's Budget.
The High Court has this morning granted the ABCC special leave to appeal a full Federal Court finding that the CFMMEU's recidivism should not be factored into penalty calculations.
The law firm behind multiple class actions alleging the misclassification of casuals says it still expects to mount a High Court challenge to the Morrison Government's retrospective legislative changes that shave potential windfalls from multi-million dollar entitlement claims.
