New Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth is hoping to harness the power of unions and employer groups to boost workplace compliance and has indicated that she intends to put her experience with the FWC's Collaborative Approaches program to good use.
A new FWC presidential member whose father once headed the NSW IRC has paid tribute to the "courage" of care workers and domestic violence victims whose deeply personal stories helped drive substantial changes to pay rates and leave entitlements through the Commission.
The FWC has welcomed a new presidential member whose family connections to workplace tribunals date back more than a century and who described her own recent involvement in the Commission's continuing aged care work value case as "an incredible way to finish a legal career".
FWC hearings are set to be turned up to 11 after one of the tribunal's newest members, described by a union leader as possibly the "loudest" person she's ever worked with, confessed he "wanted to be" Gene Simmons, singer of heavy metal band Kiss.
Former SDA leader Peter O'Keeffe has expressed hope that his experience of being eviscerated by a full bench when forced to argue an absent colleague's porous case will help him perform his new FWC presidential duties with "patience and sympathy".
New FWC member Oanh Tran invoked lyrics from cinematic showstopper This Is Me during her welcome ceremony, while revealing that she only finally "owned" her refugee family's history as outworkers in a home sweatshop when current ACTU president Michele O'Neil interviewed her for a role at the former textile workers union.
A welcome ceremony for the FWC's youngest member has learned about her passion for combat sports and strongman competitions, her pedigree as the daughter of probably the country's first union leader of Asian heritage and her title as "Queen of the PABOs".
One of the world's most powerful business leaders, BP global chief executive Bernard Looney, has resigned after a second review of his relationships with company colleagues.
Grattan Institute chief executive Danielle Wood is set to become the first female chair of the Productivity Commission, after Chris Barrett turned down the role.