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Outlaw non-competes in enterprise deals: RBA's Ross

Employers are increasingly using non-compete clauses and their incidence will continue to accelerate if regulators fail to intervene, according to new research by Reserve Bank board member and former FWC president Iain Ross, who also wants them banned from future enterprise agreements.

Maximum fine for diplomat who kept worker in "slave-like conditions"

A court has hit a former Indian High Commissioner with maximum fines for entrapping a worker in "powerless domestic servitude" in the guise of a diplomatic posting, paying her $9 daily to keep his palatial Canberra home 17.5 hours a day, seven days a week.

DEWR issues primers on Loopholes 2 changes

DEWR has published a suite of backgrounders spelling out the Albanese Government's Closing Loopholes 2 changes, including the right to disconnect, boosted delegates' rights, and the FWC's powers to set standards for "employee-like" workers.

FWC backs new Big W deal

The FWC has approved, with undertakings, a Big W agreement once labelled by RAFFWU as a "shocking deal".

FWC rejects union bid to extend 2005 deal

The AMWU has failed to persuade a FWC bench to prolong the life of a near-20-year-old zombie deal while it attempts to capitalise on a majority support determination forcing long-time nemesis Cochlear to the bargaining table.

IR agent's representation to be determined en masse

The FWC bench appointed to scrutinise a paid agent's future involvement in adverse action and unfair dismissal cases has asked a first tranche of 46 applicants to explain why they need to be represented by a firm recently described as having engaged in "unethical" practices.

Religious bias changes in doubt ahead of ALRC report

The Albanese Government has until tomorrow to table a long-awaited Australian Law Reform Commission report on tightening discrimination protections for teachers and other workers at religious schools, while the Prime Minister himself has flagged that the controversial legislation will go nowhere without bipartisan support.