Companies must stop "turning a blind eye" to workplace s-xual harassment by adopting "living, breathing" policies and procedures that are reinforced through "an active culture of compliance" to mitigate vicarious liability risks, a barrister has told a Queensland IR Society forum.
The IEU in announcing a strike in NSW and ACT Catholic schools next Friday has rejected claims it has already agreed on everything but a pay rise of up to 15%, saying the "malaise has set in" for teachers struggling with high workloads and staff shortages.
The UK Low Pay Commission has increased its wage floor by 6.6% to £9.50 ($16.80) as part of its plan to raise the minimum to two-thirds of median earnings by 2024.
Long-time online hearings proponent Commissioner Leigh Johns says the FWC will survey self-represented applicants and respondents to obtain the views of "outsiders" on the way forward for digital proceedings, after "insiders" appeared to hanker for the "good old days".
The ACTU is using Google Ads to elevate its "Employee Info" site above search results for the Red Union Support Hub after multiple workers said they inadvertently joined the unregistered unions under its banner, the peak body says, but the red unions have dismissed the tactic as they prepare to file a further 3000 vax-challenging cases.
The judge hearing the TWU's claim for compensation and fines for unlawful conduct by Qantas when it outsourced almost 2000 ground crew jobs expects to finalise the case by the end of the year, while the union confirmed it will be seeking to have penalties paid to it, even if it involves a "very, very large amount" that might amount to a windfall.
Coles will now offer 10 days paid gender affirmation leave for transgender and gender diverse employees, which it says is an "important step" in its commitment to LGBTIQ+ workplace inclusion.
An aged care provider must compensate a caterer after providing insufficient warning that failing to wear masks correctly could lead to summary dismissal, the FWC has found.
Unions have today told the FWC's minimum wage panel that their biggest concern is that low-paid workers will go "further backwards" in the coming year due to continuing inflation and price increases.
An unregistered union to rival the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance and "reimagine" the Australian Journalists Association will launch within weeks, with the founder of the fast-expanding "red unions" claiming COVID-19 lockdowns boosted group membership to 17,000.
