The Productivity Commission has today recommended the Albanese Government strip back the modern awards objective to seven points and establish an independent dispute resolution mechanism within the FWC for platform workers.
The Albanese Government is not attracted to "scorched earth" IR policies to address Australia's productivity challenges, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said today, ahead of tomorrow's tabling of the final report of the Productivity Commission's productivity inquiry.
An Albanese Government senator has described Amazon's reliance on labour hire workers and independent contractors as the "wild west," and challenged the company's aspiration to be the "best employer on the planet", in a hearing this week.
The CFMMEU's construction and general division has blasted the AFP over an investigation that has dragged on since a raid on its Queensland offices in 2015, only to be dropped last month after the police admitted errors by digital forensics officers.
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia has urged employers to formalise access to flexible work as part of a national effort to address high levels of occupational gender segregation.
Woolworths has told the Senate work and care inquiry that 37.4% of its casuals accepted offers to convert from casual to permanent, which chair Barbara Pocock says is much higher than the committee has otherwise heard.
McDonald's' evidence to the Senate work and care inquiry today raised some "big issues" for the committee to consider, including the extent of its control over franchisees' workplace practices, an absence of sick leave and "unclear" paid parental leave entitlements, according its chair.
The ACTU has told a Senate inquiry into the Albanese Government's Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill that it will make it even harder for workers to take protected action, while the BCA says multi-employer bargaining should be restricted to low-paid sectors.
Incoming CFMMEU construction and general division national secretary Zachary (Zach) Smith will take over from the long-serving Dave Noonan in April, after 15 years with the union and serving as leader and assistant leader of the ACT branch for the past three years.
In findings unlikely to get a good reception in Canberra, the Productivity Commission has come down firmly against the federal government adopting a policy of preferring direct employment in the aged care sector.