Assistant employment minister Andrew Leigh says the Albanese Government will release an issues paper outlining options for reform of non-compete clauses in April, after the ABS this week published the first official data on the prevalence and extent of restraint clauses.
Paid agent Employee Dismissals has returned a worker's general protections settlement at the eleventh hour, but will still have to face a full bench before appearing in future hearings.
The NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association has hailed the first phase of nurse-to-patient ratios in the public hospitals as a "momentous" change for the State's health system.
Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth says that a KPMG review of the watchdog is supportive of "collaborations" with the Fair Work Commission and other "workplace participants".
A court has criticised a vaping company for its "contemptuous disregard for workplace laws" and ordered it to pay more than $37,000 in penalties for exploiting a temporary visa worker by requiring him to pay back a a portion of his salary under a "cashback" arrangement.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has addressed union leaders on the recent changes to IR laws, stressing their longer-term impacts and the importance of strengthened union delegates' rights.
Federal Police officers might impose protected bans on accompanying low-risk politicians at airports and attending low-security MPs' and senators' functions, if a protected action ballot that closes early next month wins approval.
FWC President Adam Hatcher has told a paid IR agent it will have to clear a full bench hurdle before winning permission to appear in future cases before the tribunal, after it ignored directions to repay a settlement sum that never found its way to a client.
The CPSU says its membership grew by 10% during APS-wide bargaining that is producing strong votes in favour of federal agencies' deals, while an academic says a "very difficult" task awaits any future government that seeks to wind it back.
The FWC no longer plans to deal with workers' right to disconnect during consultations in the work and care arm of its modern awards review, while it has tweaked its timetable and is inviting input by tomorrow afternoon on a survey that includes questions about working from home.
