The Morrison Government's IR reform bill will introduce jail terms of up to four years for the worst underpayments and a new way of setting fines for big business, where penalties will be based on a multiple of two or three times the benefit obtained or a $666,600 fine.
In what the TWU expects will prove a landmark case on gig workers' rights, the union is underwriting a compensation claim against Uber on behalf of the widow and child of a rider killed while delivering food in Sydney in September.
An ASX-listed investment company's portfolio manager who is pursuing anti-bullying orders in the FWC is now accusing it in a Federal Circuit Court case of taking adverse action by slashing his expected income by $250,000 and threatening to sack him.
A Deloitte auditor has told a court that the company did not reveal an alleged policy requiring partners to retire after turning 62 when it in 2014 "induced" him to leave a secure position at the age of 58.
The ACCC has issued a warning notice against an IR business and its sole director accused of pocketing compensation payments made to unfair dismissal applicants.
The Morrison Government's IR omnibus Bill will for the first time introduce a statutory definition of casual work as being employment that is offered without any "firm advance commitment" it will continue indefinitely and follow an agreed pattern of work.
The CFMMEU's mining and energy division says it will consider leaving the broader union if the Morrison Government wins passage of legislation to make it easier to withdraw from amalgamations.
In a move triggered by the CFMMEU's internal war, IR Minister Christian Porter has revealed plans to introduce legislation next week to enable parts of amalgamated unions to de-merge within five years of their nuptials.
A new McKell Institute report recommends that the Morrison Government implement a national labour-hire licensing scheme, remove entry barriers to enable inspections by unions and redesign the visa system to curb widespread exploitation and wage theft in fruit-picking.
