New provisions for intractable bargaining workplace determinations have taken effect after the Closing Loopholes No 2 Act yesterday received Royal Assent, while other key provisions, such as the right to disconnect and the new definition of casual employment, are set to begin in late August.
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has revealed a NDIS health service, the Energizer battery giant and an investment and logistics company have the largest median total remuneration gender pay gaps, while construction topped the list on an industry basis, under new laws requiring the agency to annually report the performance of companies with 100-plus employees.
The FWC has refused to order a TWU delegate to provide Cleanaway Operations with details of a post in a private Facebook group that is supporting waste workers' fight against "Big Blue", finding it irrelevant to the union's IBD bid against the company, which a full bench started hearing today.
A FWC full bench led by President Adam Hatcher has granted the SDA coverage in a deal capturing six Subway stores after the union successfully challenged approval of an agreement replacing a 17-year-old deal due to be automatically axed in December.
The Minns Government is seeking expressions of interest for a president and two deputy presidents to head up the State's soon-to-be re-established Industrial Court.
The Queensland IRC has refused a bid by Together Queensland to anonymise or remove a worker's name from her ex-husband's unfair dismissal decision, which refers to her application for an order under the State Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act.
Paid agent Employee Dismissals has returned a worker's general protections settlement at the eleventh hour, but will still have to face a full bench before appearing in future hearings.
The NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association has hailed the first phase of nurse-to-patient ratios in the public hospitals as a "momentous" change for the State's health system.
Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth says that a KPMG review of the watchdog is supportive of "collaborations" with the Fair Work Commission and other "workplace participants".
Federal Police officers might impose protected bans on accompanying low-risk politicians at airports and attending low-security MPs' and senators' functions, if a protected action ballot that closes early next month wins approval.
