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Legislation looming to axe RtD criminal penalty threat

The Albanese Government plans to introduce a bill at the end of the week to remove the threat of criminal penalties from its Closing Loopholes right to disconnect provisions that are slated to pass Parliament today, but the Coalition has pledged to repeal the measures if it wins the next election.

Big fine for Italy after annual leave, records breaches

The Federal Court has flayed the Republic of Italy for failing to heed Australian IR laws in its local consulates and has ordered it to pay a $94,000 fine, $7500 compensation and indemnity costs to an administrative employee after it failed to pay him annual leave loading for six years, to keep records in English and to produce the records on demand.

Disconnect right a "momentous societal shift": Academic

Labour academics analysing the Closing Loopholes No 2 Bill ahead of its expected passage into law say the right to disconnect signals a "momentous societal shift" in the value placed on work, wellbeing and private time, while gig work reforms are "world leading" but they question the narrowing of casuals' pathway to permanency.

New criminal sanctions for migrant worker exploitation

The Albanese Government has won the passage of reforms to criminalise exploitation of workers because of their migration status, along with tougher penalties and powers to ban offending employers from hiring temporary visa holders, responding to Migrant Workers Taskforce recommendations.

Palmer ordered to pay $40,000 to worker ousted in mass sacking

A Clive Palmer-owned business must pay a worker almost $40,000 for dismissing him by email along with 125 other employees, claiming he failed to work his hours amid site-wide fraud, theft and dishonesty,, and then asking him to re-apply for his job 20 minutes later.

CFMEU's Setka to down tools

Long-serving CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch leader John Setka is set to retire later this year.

Senate passes Closing Loopholes No 2 Bill

The Senate this afternoon passed the Closing Loopholes No 2 legislation after accepting amendments advanced by the Albanese Government, the Greens and crossbench senators David Pocock, Jacqui Lambie and Lidia Thorpe.

Public interest test imposed for regulated worker agreements

The Albanese Government has put forward a bundle of its own amendments to the Closing Loopholes legislation, including a requirement that collective agreements covering regulated employee-like gig economy workers and road transport workers meet a public interest test.

IR silk elevated to bench

Employment and IR silk Craig Dowling SC has been appointed to the Federal Court bench.