A federal parliamentary inquiry will consider the implications of the "rapid uptake" of automated decision-making and machine learning on the workplace, after a request from Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke.
A paid agent claiming to have never been told of any complaints about its services has welcomed FWC suggestions to regulate the industry while insisting the Commission should "surgically" root out "bad actors" rather than take a shotgun approach that could raise costs for workers contesting dismissals.
A FWC full bench will tomorrow begin a three-day hearing into one of two intractable bargaining determinations involving Cleanaway sites in NSW after both Commission-assisted bargaining periods failed to resolve differences between the parties.
The Federal Court has approved a $1.3 million settlement in a class action on behalf of casual mineworkers that was significantly downgraded following the High Court's Rossato ruling, while shooting down Adero Law's bid to increase the costs carve-out.
Attacks on or threats against federal "frontline workers", such as those employed by Centrelink and the ATO, will attract greater jail penalties under legislation introduced by the Albanese Government.
The FWC has found a worker ineligible for paid parental leave for her second child because she only returned to work for six and a half months before the second period of intended leave, rather than the 12 months that her enterprise agreement required.
Safework NSW is calling for employers to develop anti-violence policies and procedures to prevent or minimise workplace s-xual harassment and other forms of violence, following a court ordering Marist Youth Care to pay more than $400,000 in fines and costs after its workers experienced "s-xualised and aggressive behaviour".
A full Federal Court has clarified the extent to which employers must investigate alternative roles for workers caught up in restructures, finding that a mining company had an obligation to assess whether employees could replace already-engaged contractors before making them redundant.
The IEU is planning to apply for a supported bargaining authorisation covering up to 40 NSW community-based preschools by the end of the month, pushing for increases of at least 25% for teachers who are paid far less than they would receive if they worked in a school.
