A soon-to-be-published "really simple" voluntary code that protects penitent small businesses from criminal liability under imminent Closing Loopholes intentional wage theft provisions, will also serve as a blueprint for all employers to keep their noses clean, according to Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth.
Migrant women are experiencing workplace s-xual harassment at an alarming rate and are afraid to report for fear of jeopardising their visas, according to new Unions NSW research.
Australian professional sport's unique bargaining model that operates outside the IR system is getting "harder and harder" to sustain, a leading expert has warned, raising questions as to whether protected strikes will form part of the next major round of negotiations.
Workers are set to vote on the first multi-employer supported bargaining agreement covering more than 60 employers and 12,000 employees in the early childhood education and care sector, while about 16,000 Goodstart Early Learning workers have overwhelmingly voted up a new deal putting them in line for an 11% boost over three years.
Queensland's new Crisafulli Government is pausing the use of the former Labor administration's best practice pay and conditions procurement guidelines for new state-funded construction projects to "boost productivity" and will introduce legislation to reestablish a local Productivity Commission by the end of this year, and require it to review the state's building industry.
FWC President Adam Hatcher has asked the Road Transport Advisory Group for advice on progressing Menulog's claim for a gig economy delivery award and prioritising it around TWU bids for minimum standards and contract chain orders, while the tribunal's Road Transport Industry Panel is holding a conference on consultations.
A study into the use of generative AI tools in recruitment warns they might filter out qualified candidates based on race, social origin and disabilities and butt-up against anti-discrimination laws, but with "guardrails" could in fact address bias and boost transparency.
NSWNMA members in public health stopped work today after the union expressed outrage at the Minns Government making a deal to pay police double what nurses are seeking and a failure to reach agreement on wages after four weeks of talks overseen by the State IRC.
The PSA has lost its challenge to a NSW IRC decision said to have "wide ranging" implications for union delegates using workplace emails to communicate with union lawyers, with a special constable facing dismissal for disclosing confidential information to inform its application for a new award.
Growth in private sector rates of pay has eased further, falling from 3.9% a year in trend terms to 3.7%, according to the ABS, but remaining well above the fast-decelerating headline CPI, currently 2.8%.
