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"Threshold" settlements should be beyond paid agents: Employer

An experienced former employer-clientele lawyer turned HR manager has suggested that one way of discouraging paid agents from pursuing "unwinnable" cases is to introduce a "threshold" settlement amount below which they cannot charge clients for their services.

Docking misbehaving MPs' pay "on the table": Gallagher

The Minister for Women, Senator Katy Gallagher, has confirmed that a plan to dock the pay of misbehaving MPs is "on the table" in the on-going push to improve behaviour in Federal parliamentary workplaces.

Airport firies raise the temperature

The UFU's aviation branch has given notice of national protected four-hour stoppages at airports on April 15, as it seeks a new deal with minimum staffing clauses and pay rises above the Federal government's standard public sector pay offer of 11.2% over three years.

Confidential details secure with ballot agent: FWC

The FWC has rejected an employer's bid to limit the amount of confidential employee information it must give an independent agent ahead of a protected action ballot, while it has also refused to amend the proposed PABO to include a safety commitment.

Look to SA model for paid agent regulation: WA IRC registrar

The FWC should look to the South Australian paid agent model because its registration criteria and disciplinary powers for code of conduct breaches are superior to the Western Australian system, the WA IRC's registrar says in a submission to the FWC's consultation on options to rein in "challenging paid agent conduct".

Adopt long-term AWR plan to close poverty gap: CCER

The Catholic Church has told the FWC's annual wage review that a 4.9% rise in the national minimum wage and award rates down to at least the C10 rate in the manufacturing award will maintain the momentum from the past two years' rulings that could reduce and ultimately eliminate the gap between the NMW and the national poverty line.

Court tosses out ROC case against MEU leader

The Federal Court has thrown out a "time barred" former ROC case accusing a MEU mining and energy division president of misusing his union credit card to cover a series of private expenses in the 2016 financial year, while also finding no evidence of dishonesty.

Surging pay in public sector agreements

Surging pay in public sector deals emerged as the main driver for bargained wage rises in the December quarter, while private sector increases tailed off, according to new DEWR data.

Paid agent at centre of storm "vehemently opposing" change

The paid agent found by the FWC's president to have engaged in "misleading and unethical practices", spurring efforts to regulate agents, has told the Commission it "vehemently opposes" mooted reform options, claiming it might limit low-paid workers' access to justice, including no-win, no fee arrangements.

NSW consulting on expanding portable LSL

The Minns Government in NSW is seeking submissions on a draft bill introducing portable long service leave to more than 200,000 community care workers in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, which would provide access to about six weeks off the job after seven years, or sooner if they register early.