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Big business to report on slavery risks in supply chains

The Senate has passed legislation to allow large businesses to report on their actions to address modern slavery risks in their supply chains.

Pub ROC prosecution a first for employers

The Registered Organisations Commission is for the first time taking an employer body to court as it chases penalties against the powerful Australian Hotels Association over alleged election and record-keeping breaches at one of its branches.

Victoria's new IR Minister announced

Former ACTU assistant secretary Tim Pallas is Victoria's new IR Minister, replacing Natalie Hutchins.

Broaden 'employee' definition to reboot wages, say experts

The legal definition of employee should be broadened to cover anyone who agrees to supply their labour, according to a new book on addressing Australia's wage stagnation.

Deportation officer fairly sacked over airport lounge food raid: Bench

A Serco detainee officer has failed to overturn a finding that he was fairly dismissed for his flawed oversight of a high-risk deportation, allowing his team to remove refreshments from a Qantas lounge and letting the detainee make a withdrawal from an ATM.

Union numbers decline, even as members earn more: ABS

Trade union membership has fallen below 15% even as ABS data published today shows members earn almost $300 a week more than their non-union counterparts.

Sham contractors given less wriggle room under changes: Treasury

Sham contractors face higher penalties and a harder time showing they have inadvertently misrepresented employment arrangements under legislative changes contemplated by a Treasury discussion paper.

Possibility union role played part in delegate's dismissal: Court

A company must reinstate an ETU delegate for at least six months until the outcome of his adverse action claim, the Federal Court finding "some evidence" connecting the dismissal with his union role.

Redress for sacked bookkeeper "intoxicated with power"

The FWC has ordered a company to pay three months' wages in compensation to a bookkeeper sacked for being "intoxicated with power".

Uber class action goes national

Maurice Blackburn has massively expanded the size and reach of its Victoria-generated class action against Uber, reaching out around the country and targeting the period when the ride share company started to operate in 2014, before state-based transport laws were changed.

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