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Resource sector seeks to tease-out unions' multi-employer plans

Resource sector employers have made an apparently unsuccessful attempt to have unions flesh-out the scope of their multi-employer bargaining proposal, while the peak body for direct marketing companies has renewed its longstanding sectoral deal.

Court clamps anti-vax advocate's "threatening" emails

A Federal Court judge has moved swiftly to shut down a legal representative for 18 airline workers seeking damages for COVID-19 vaccination-related sackings after he sent "obscene [and] threatening" emails to the defendants' lawyers and in-house IR teams.

Lawyers superfluous in vax case: FWC

A large employer had no need to pay for external lawyers when it could have relied on its HR team to argue against a former employee's "straightforward" vaccination case, the FWC has found.

FWC gets star billing in Labor's IR makeover

The Albanese Government has unveiled plans to immediately start work on enabling the Fair Work Commission to "proactively" help workers and businesses reach agreements that benefit them, particularly in the case of new and/or small and medium enterprises.

Burke warns FWC of potential employer rush to axe deals

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has today written to FWC President Iain Ross to advise of "impending" legislative changes that will prevent employers using terminations as a bargaining tactic.

New forum to "tone down" construction industry conflict

The Albanese Labor Government will establish a tripartite National Construction Industry Forum to address issues such as mental health, safety training, apprentices, productivity, culture, diversity and gender equity in the building sector.

Skilled migrant boost hailed as a Summit win-win

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.

Government outlines key issues for Jobs Summit

The Albanese Government has today released an issues paper for the forthcoming Jobs and Skills Summit that says the bargaining system should be a "key enabler" of both productivity growth and secure, well-paid work.

Newsflash: Finding that Deliveroo rider an employee quashed

In a significant decision on the employment status of gig workers, a FWC full bench has quashed a ruling that Deliveroo delivery rider Diego Franco was an employee entitled to protection from unfair dismissal.