An employer is facing a hefty compensation bill and a $106,000 long service leave payout to a senior executive over its "woefully inadequate" handling of his stoush with an HR manager, after a court found it performance-managed and sacked him for complaining about her insubordination.
The Morrison Government has introduced legislation to crack down on "sharp corporate practices" such as phoenix companies and asset-shifting by employers that are seeking to avoid paying employee entitlements.
The FWC is proposing that employers insert "NES precedence terms" in their agreements to reduce the requirement for undertakings to address substandard provisions.
Discrimination would be outlawed against workers who flout bans on gender-specific language, such as "husband and wife", under a bill introduced to Queensland Parliament yesterday by a Katter's Australian Party MP.
The Senate's year-long Future of Work inquiry has recommended the extension of workplace laws to cover "gig economy" workers and a re-definition of casual employment.
IR Minister Kelly O'Dwyer has blasted a decision to double site allowances on two major Melbourne construction projects as a massive slug on taxpapers.
NSW agency a trading corporation; ALP to boost super savings for women; Full court quashes Qantas underpayment ruling; and Victorian BLF "hard man" remembered.
The FWC has substantially reduced the compensation payout to an underpaid sacked 457 visa worker because ordering a larger amount might have threatened his employer's viability.
A key independent senator says he will not support the Morrison Government's legislation to make it easier to deregister unions, introduce a public interest test for mergers and ban law-breaking officials, instead calling for a strong response to the finance scandals exposed at the Hayne Royal Commission.
