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"Misclassified" casuals need quick path to entitlements: ACTU

The ACTU is calling on the Albanese Government to make it easier for those "misclassified" as casuals to recover their full entitlements, with its research showing casual workers earn nearly 11% less than permanent employees of the same skill level or occupation and most are in long-term arrangements.

Employers largely embrace "payday super"

Employer organisations have generally welcomed the Albanese Government's plan to require businesses to pay superannuation on paydays rather than quarterly from 2026, but the small business lobby is seeking lower costs and possible exemptions.

Most women experiencing painful periods at work: Survey

Three-quarters of working women are suffering from painful periods, according to a continuing survey conducted by Maurice Blackburn that it is seeking to open up to a broader audience, as it prepares to use the data to lobby for reproductive leave and flexible work arrangements.

Menulog backs broad gig worker regulation

Menulog has followed the lead of DoorDash and Uber in signing a charter with the TWU supporting federally legislated minimum rights and a disputes mechanism for gig delivery workers, but now also supports the new Minns NSW Labor Government's ambition to introduce state-based legislation.

Woolies converting more than a third of casuals

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.

Unions, law firm to mount menstrual leave campaign

A leading gender and IR expert says providing 12 paid menstruation and menopause leave days per year would be a "very positive start", as unions and Maurice Blackburn prepare a campaign likely to push for at least this level of entitlement via legislative reforms and agreements.

IR Bill empowers FWC to rule on rejected flex requests

The Albanese Government's first major tranche of IR legislation beefs-up workers' rights to secure flexible working arrangements and empowers the FWC to arbitrate if conciliation of a refused request fails.

Investigate right to disconnect, inquiry recommends

The Senate Work and Care inquiry's Labor and Greens majority is urging the Albanese Government to move swiftly to consider a right to disconnect, make flexibility requests an enforceable right and provide "roster justice" by ensuring workers with variable hours have predictability and certainty, in a 152-page interim report tabled this afternoon.