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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.

"It's time" say nurses seeking up to 35% pay lift

The ANMF is seeking pay rises of up to 35% for an estimated 250,000 nurses, nursing assistants and midwives as part of a work value claim intended to build on the wins of the related aged care case and extend the "recognition" to other healthcare settings.

Pilots ignoring course set by union: FWC

An "ineluctable finding" that the AFAP could not persuade pilot members at a Qantas subsidiary to vote up a new deal supported by the union has helped convince the FWC that it should make an intractable bargaining declaration sought by the airline.

Bill to axe RtD criminal penalties sure to pass

The Albanese Government's legislation to remove the prospect of employers facing criminal penalties for flouting employees' disconnection rights is assured of passage, after Coalition senators backed it in an inquiry report.