Christmas closure countdown: Important rule changes for annual leave and shutdowns
With Christmas less than 90 days away, employers should be turning their minds to planning and confirming their Christmas/New Year shutdown arrangements.
Exclusive: Small businesses will remain exempt from casual conversion reforms, confirms Tony Burke
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Burke has confirmed small business exemptions to the casual conversion system will remain in place, amid concerns over a lack of clarity about the federal government's industrial relations reforms.
IR reforms: Businesses and government to thrash out casual work definitions and wage theft at top-level meeting
Potential changes to the definition of casual employment will be a top item on the agenda in Canberra today, as Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Burke meets with industry representatives.
Peter Strong: Workplace relations is finally on the agenda this election. So what are the major parties promising?
We are seeing the first real focus during an election on workplace relations since the ill thought-out Work Choices campaign helped force the Coalition out of government in 2007.
Morrison flags return to 2021’s industrial relations reforms as Labor, unions say tweaks will cut wages
The Coalition says it is still committed to industrial relations reform, despite Labor and unions saying the changes would lower wages.
A Hawke-era jobs summit would be a silver bullet for our workforce, Labor says. But would it work?
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese says a jobs summit would help tackle unemployment and underemployment as the workforce struggles amid the pandemic.
FWC orders reinstatement of employee, after ruling on an unfair dismissal from heat-of-the-moment remark
Reinstatement as a primary remedy should be seriously considered by employers when deciding whether to terminate an employee.
Legal roundtable: How will defining sexual harassment as ‘serious misconduct’ affect SMEs?
What does the federal government's response to the Respect@Work report mean for small business employers? There's two key changes to know about.
Conflict beats consensus in IR again, says COSBOA chair Mark McKenzie
McKenzie says conflict and zero-compromise behaviours must be relegated to pre-COVID IR history, where they belong.
Peter Strong urges Senate crossbenchers to support IR reform and not let “politics get in the way”
The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia is urging the Senate crossbench to support the government's reforms next week.
Small business groups and unions strike deal to give part-timers in retail extra hours without penalty rates
COSBOA and the ACTU are jointly supporting changes to the retail award, which will allow more than 1 million part-time employees to work extra shifts without receiving penalty rates.
A closer look at what the government is doing to “confront the mess that is workplace relations”: Peter Strong
When it comes to workplace relations reform, "the mistake would be to try and fix all the issues in one go", says COSBOA chief Peter Strong.
