The FSU has told an AI webinar it is "disgraceful" the Federal Government left workers out when developing voluntary guardrails for the technology's use, while unions are now seeking protections in agreements as they push for stronger, purpose-built legislation.
Strong employment growth and a lag in adjusting to it provide the most likely explanation for the recent decline in labour productivity, according to labour market economist Jeff Borland.
The ETU has hailed today's Federal Court ruling to allow it to add a further employer as a respondent to a dismissal-related general protections dispute after the 21-day time limit, once their involvement in allegedly sacking two electricians, including a union delegate, became apparent.
A salary packaging provider did not constructively dismiss a customer service officer when it required him to make flexible work requests every three months to enable him to care full-time for his wife, the FWC has ruled.
AI-enabled monitoring of employees is increasingly capable and prevalent, but the already fragmented regulatory regime for workplace surveillance is failing to keep pace, according to a paper delivered at the recent Australian Labour Law Association national conference in Geelong.
Some 350 maintenance and sustainment workers at the Australian Submarine Corporation's Adelaide headquarters have succeeded in their year-long campaign for pay parity with their Western Australian colleagues, winning an upfront average increase of 18.5%.
A FWC full bench has quashed the approval of a company's CEPU-lodged agreement, found to have been voted up by two workers before it was used to cover AMWU members in a process "entirely lacking in authenticity and moral authority".
The FWC has held a worker's dismissal for allegedly assaulting a patient to be unfair, finding the employer's evidence inadequate and his response to a challenging situation "appropriate, reasonable, and proportionate".
The TWU has filed same-job, same-pay applications for award-covered on-hire airport ground crew performing work for Qantas Freight, as part of its continuing campaign to dismantle the airline's two-tier workforce.
A bill preventing workers at Commonwealth sites from losing access to portable leave schemes has passed the NSW Parliament, following the passage of legislation in South Australia that extended its scheme to community service workers.
