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Ructions as BHP proposes closing mine camp to strikers

CFMMEU mining and energy division members have this week kicked off protected action in BHP's Queensland coal mines, sparking early sparring over the company's proposed ban on allowing workers back into their accommodation camp while on strike.

Burke considering multi-factor test for SJSP

IR Minister Tony Burke says the Albanese Government is considering a multi-factor test as part of its Same Job, Same Pay proposals, after resources employer group AREEA argued this is "critical" to delineate between "traditional labour hire" and other arrangements.

Flying Kangaroo using 14 employing entities for cabin crew: ACTU

Qantas has hit back at ACTU research detailing the labour hire "loopholes" it allegedly uses to suppress wages and conditions to the extent that on-hire managers, after more than a decade on the job, are earning less than the directly-engaged workers they supervise.

ETU wins entry battle on major power transmission project

In what is believed to be the first interlocutory injunction to provide union entry for discussion purposes, the Federal Court has ordered a project head contractor to permit ETU organisers to access labour hire linesworkers on a 900km, $2.2 billion interstate power transmission interconnector.

"Australia's unluckiest job applicant" loses another case

A tribunal member has thrown out a lawyer's discrimination case, accusing him of becoming a "serial pest" after he filed multiple discrimination claims against employers for failing to hire him, including a recent matter in which he claimed "very attractive and beautiful" interviewers humiliated him.

"Same job, same pay" reforms "entirely unworkable": BCA

The Business Council says the Albanese Government's "same job, same pay" proposal "mandates pay level irrespective of the qualifications, experience, knowledge, service and skills of a worker" and imposes "unreasonable costs and administrative burdens" on businesses.

Criminal sanctions under national labour hire laws

The Albanese Government's proposed model for national labour hire regulation exposes host employers and labour suppliers to criminal penalties if they "knowingly or recklessly" flout the scheme's rules.

Malware glitch warrants extending time: FWC

The FWC has granted an extension of time for a unfair dismissal application sent six days late because the worker's computer was infected with malware.

"Same job, same pay" details revealed

The Albanese Government has outlined for the first time the details of how it might implement its "same job, same pay" proposal that it framed to ensure labour hire arrangements are not used to undercut employees' pay and conditions.

Tripartite farm sector group backs national on-hire licensing scheme

Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has welcomed agreement between farm groups and unions on the need for a national approach to labour hire regulation rather than the schemes introduced in Labor states such as Queensland and Victoria.