Construction giant Laing O'Rourke has failed to block consideration of compensation and penalties while it appeals a finding that it unlawfully sacked a manager over an altercation at a party during a bushfire recovery project.
The Mining and Energy Union has today withdrawn its bid for same-job, same-pay orders for Programmed labour hire workers, after host employer Thiess offered them direct jobs at its Mount Pleasant coal mine.
Artificial intelligence HR and hiring tools pose "significant risks" for workplaces, according to an equality law expert who is calling for an enforceable positive duty on employers, while a recruitment body has told a Senate inquiry there should be an industry standard.
The Federal Government has made a "technical assumption" that there will be a minimum wage increase of 3.5% this year, the FWC's expert panel heard yesterday, while Commission President Adam Hatcher lamented the "Catch-22" situation the Commission faces in weighing whether Canberra will fund any gender-based increases.
Labour hire company WorkPac, host employer Batchfire Resources and the MEU have agreed on the FWC deciding the first same-job, same-pay case "on the papers", relying only on the union's submission and on-hire and direct employee witness statements, while the union has also put forward a proposed SJSP order.
BHP has failed in another bid to win approval of a deal for its in-house labour hire arm, after it gave workers an "upbeat" deep-dive on the benefits, failed to explain detriments and left them in the dark on pay.
Shadow treasurer reiterates casual definition promise;Tribunal orders paramedics to drop bans; and Tight timeline for "frontline workers" Bill inquiry.
The ANMF is urging the FWC to use "right to disconnect" award variations make it harder for employers to cut costs by relying on "threadbare" staffing and refusing to roster enough workers on-call, while the NTEU wants casual academics paid to respond to students outside their working hours.
The registered organisations branch of the FWC has unveiled a compliance and enforcement policy in which "common interests" such as cutting red tape are described as being at the "centre" of its regulatory approach.
