A standalone Work and Family Act containing new legal rights would be established, along with a Work and Family Commissioner to oversee it, while working parents would be entitled to up to 30 hours a week of free childcare, under the work/life policy the Democrats will take to the October 9 federal election.
A Cairns adventure tourism operator has been ordered to pay a former manager $26,750 in damages, lost earnings and interest after being found to have discriminated against her on the basis of her pregnancy and parental status.
The main perceived benefit of being a casual worker - the loading - is less valuable than believed, with many workers in reality getting an hourly premium of less than 10%, according to new research by ACIRRT.
Pay rises under private sector enterprise agreements have sunk to a 15-month low, in another indication that wages are failing to respond to the tightening labour market.
Patrick Corporation will implement its new enterprise agreement in 12 of its 13 ports next month, after Brisbane container terminal workers today voted it down for a second time.
Star City casino workers in Sydney have voted up a new enterprise agreement - struck after a protracted bargaining process in which a similar deal was voted down - that delivers a 9.25% pay rise over two years plus a range of additional benefits.
A company and its male director found liable for the sexual harassment of a female worker have been ordered to pay her $25,000 compensation, including $5,000 in aggravated damages for the "indifference" it showed in failing to respond to HREOC correspondence and appear in the case.
Esso has hindered genuine bargaining between its Bass Strait mechanical and engineering contractors and unions, the IRC has found today in refusing a bid by the contractors to terminate their certified agreements.
