ALP senator Linda White hopes that Foreign Minister Penny Wong has forgiven her for the "relentless" equal pay campaign she helped successfully wage a decade ago when at the ASU and the party's current Senate leader had responsibility for finances in the Gillard Government.
Former Coalition staffer Rachelle Miller has followed a $650,000 settlement with the Commonwealth with a plea for MPs to support the establishment of an independent body to enforce codes of conduct in Federal parliamentary workplaces.
Employers says an Albanese Government decision to boost skilled migrant numbers by more than 20% this financial year is a "win" for advocacy at the jobs summit, while Labor says there is "consensus" it needs to raise the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold.
The Albanese Labor Government should establish an "independent body" to set enforceable standards for traditional transport operations, along with on-demand delivery and rideshare platform work, according to a broad industry-union coalition.
A review conducted by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has found poor HR practices and people management have contributed to s-xual harassment and assault and bullying in NSW parliamentary workplaces and that cultural, policy and legislative barriers are preventing reporting of incidents.
The Greens will push to enshrine presumptions in the Fair Work Act that all workers are entitled to the same pay and conditions as employees and all work will be continuing unless there are sound operational business reasons against it, party leader Adam Bandt says.
The Albanese Government consulted with unions on its plan to abolish the ABCC before it held meetings with state and territory IR Ministers and the National Workplace Relations Consultative Council, according to information tabled in the Federal Parliament.
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.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has this morning introduced legislation to insert 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave in the National Employment Standards, delivering on a Labor election promise.