Burke hoses down fears that Canberra is seeking a blanket WFH right for award workers
The Fair Work Commission is not asking whether award workers should have the blanket right to work from home, and lawmakers are not currently seeking that right, claims Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke.
Minimum wage rises 8.6% to $882.80 a week
Australia's minimum wage will rise 8.6% to $882.80 per 38-hour work week from July 1, lifting small business wage bills while bringing the nation's lowest-paid employees closer to the runaway cost of living.
Jim Chalmers shoots down fears of wage-price spiral after unions call for 7% increase to the minimum wage
Australia's minimum wages should rise by a 7% to keep pace with inflation, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) argues, as the Fair Work Commission (FWC) deliberates on how it should boost the earnings of roughly 2.6 million workers.
More than 100,000 ‘zombie’ workplace agreements revealed in public Fair Work Commission document
Businesses reliant on more than 100,000 zombie agreements have been put on notice by the Fair Work Commission (FWC), thanks to a massive spreadsheet of employers whose ageing workplace agreements will automatically dissolve at the end of 2023.
IT and engineering employers will soon be on the hook for overtime and penalty rates thanks to a new Fair Work decision
Tech workers, engineers, and medical researchers on the Professional Employees Award will soon be granted penalty rates for work conducted outside of ordinary hours.
“Drag them against their will”: Chambers of commerce launch last-ditch ad campaign to postpone IR bill
Australian business lobbyists have launched a last-ditch attempt to convince lawmakers to split, postpone, or abandon Labor's contentious industrial relations bill.
Construction sector pared from Labor’s industrial relations reform bill as business opposition heats up
Building and construction companies will be excluded from Labor's multi-employer bargaining reforms according to a suite of amendments the federal government has tacked onto its IR reform bill.
Explained: How Labor’s industrial relations reforms will profoundly affect every small business
Here's what you need to know about the bill, from its proposed overhaul of the enterprise bargaining system to new Fair Work Commission powers to enforce hybrid work arrangements.
Labor tables IR reform bill, pushing for multi-employer bargaining changes to boost worker wages
The federal government has introduced the first batch of its long-heralded industrial relations reforms into Parliament.
Unfair dismissal rulings show employers need to follow fair process in vaccine refusal cases
In recent months two Australian workers have won unfair dismissal cases after being sacked for not complying with their employer’s vaccination orders.
Fair Work Commission finds advisor was startup employee in unfair dismissal claim
A recent decision by the Fair Work Commission should serve as a warning to the startup community, with an informal arrangement between a new tech business and a sales advisor being deemed employment.
“Delicate juggling act”: SMEs to balance minimum wage hikes against surging power and raw material costs
Small and medium-sized businesses are planning how to handle a larger-than-expected hike to the minimum wage as other costs soar.
