Posts tagged "Sally McManus"

Doctors, nurses, teachers, carers and childcare workers are on the front lines in the fight against coronavirus. And the vast majority of them are women.

Lobbyists say small business is threatened by casual double-dipping amid ongoing uncertainty over court action, who it effects and why.

Labor's industrial relations spokesperson Brendan O'Connor says Labor will consider sweeping changes to Australia's employment landscape.

Employers will have an avenue to offset claims for back pay from 'regular casuals', but the government has stopped short of trying to change the Fair Work Act to clarify the definition of casual work.

A Coalition-majority committee chaired by Barnaby Joyce has recommended changes to the Fair Work Act to protect workers from casual work pitfalls.

Businesses are being warned about the dangers of adverse action after a director was fined for sacking a worker that approached fair work with a complaint.

The Fair Work Ombudsman said compliance is improving, but more than a third of rule breakers it put on notice didn't clean up their acts.

Jobs and Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O'Dwyer has intervened in a test-case over whether casual loadings can offset annual leave claims.

The NSW Business Chamber is pushing to introduce a new type of work in six modern awards to address concerns about casuals 'double dipping'.