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Commission prepares ground for new expert panels

FWC Deputy President Bernadette O'Neill will oversee the new system of expert panels for pay equity and the care and community sector, the tribunal's acting president announced today.

Expressions of interest sought for FWC appointments

A leading IR law academic has welcomed the Albanese Government's return to a more open process for FWC appointments, as DEWR seeks expressions of interest for vice president, deputy president, commissioner and expert panel member roles, but he says structural reform is needed to rebalance the tribunal.

FWC's Ross resigns after more than a decade

After almost 11 years as FWC president, Iain Ross has resigned, saying that with new federal IR legislation looming, it will give his successor the chance to be "fully involved" in implementing the resulting changes.

IR regular appointed to High Court

Justice Jayne Jagot, a regular member of Federal Court benches considering IR matters, has today joined the first High Court to feature a majority of women.

Labor MP's "anger" at precarious work

A new Labor MP has described her personal experience of the "ache of insecure work" in the tertiary education sector to reinforce why it has become one of the primary targets in the Albanese Government's legislative agenda.

Three ways to "rebalance" the FWC: Stewart

A leading employment law and IR academic says the Albanese Government needs to decide how it will go about "rebalancing" the FWC before it settles on a successor to President Iain Ross, suggesting it has three options.

Movement at Ai Group, NSW nursing union

Ai Group head of national workplace relations policy Stephen Smith is moving on after more than 30 years with the employer group, while NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association general secretary Brett Holmes is retiring after two decades in the branch's top job.

"Kingmaker" Pocock content to be "peacebroker"

Key independent Senator David Pocock says he laughed when recently described as a kingmaker, preferring the role of "peacebroker in the 47th Parliament", ahead of the upper house today considering an Opposition bid to strike down the regulation that guts the ABCC's powers.