A manager has won an anti-suit injunction against his employer after it responded to his Federal Circuit and Family Court case seeking unpaid statutory entitlements by filing a cross-claim in a lower court.
The Coalition has given notice of amendments to provisions in the Protecting Worker Entitlements legislation that would allow employees to authorise employers to make payroll deductions that vary from time-to-time, alleging it is a "pretty transparent attempt" by the Albanese Government to address the decline in union membership.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has denied that the adverse action case initiated by the former chief-of-staff to Independent Federal MP Monique Ryan prompted more funding for electorate staff in the Federal Budget.
Employer organisations have generally welcomed the Albanese Government's plan to require businesses to pay superannuation on paydays rather than quarterly from 2026, but the small business lobby is seeking lower costs and possible exemptions.
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.
Submissions are due next month on Albanese Government proposals to empower the FWC to set minimum standards and pay rates for those in "employee-like" forms of work, including in the gig economy, and to tackle disputes over contract terms and termination.
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.
Menulog has followed the lead of DoorDash and Uber in signing a charter with the TWU supporting federally legislated minimum rights and a disputes mechanism for gig delivery workers, but now also supports the new Minns NSW Labor Government's ambition to introduce state-based legislation.
