Watering down unfair dismissal protections, replacing the better off overall test for pay deals, increasing scope for individual flexibility arrangements, and reducing award coverage could be part of the Coalition’s new IR policy, leaked documents reveal. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

The Fair Work Commission will hand down its verdict on the ACTU claim for a 5 per cent pay rise for 2.9 million minimum wage and award-reliant workers next Monday. Decision comes into effect from July 1.

A sexual harassment and workplace scandal has erupted at Country Road Group. Two executives have resigned and the global boss has come to Australia to address staff and announce an external investigation into the handling of complaints at its Melbourne HQ theaustralian.com.au/business/retai…

The ACTU is pushing to significantly increase the number of union delegates who can access employer-funded paid training leave, criticising a Fair Work Commission proposal that it warned would unfairly expose delegates to civil penalties. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Unions have secured their first win under Labor’s same job same pay laws after Thiess agreed to directly employ 27 Hunter Valley labour hire coal miners, delivering them pay rises each of more $30,000 a year. The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/nation/…

Treasury’s wage growth forecasts assume the Fair Work Commission will award a 3.5 per cent minimum wage increase this year, halfway between competing union and employer claims, the Albanese government told the tribunal today. theaustralian.com.au

Fair Work Commission president Adam Hatcher tells employers their bid to keep the annual minimum wage increase to 2 per cent represents a “real wage cut” for low-paid workers. ACCI initially denies this, before agreeing it’s “potentially a modest decline”. theaustralian.com.au/nation/nation/…

.Tony Burke makes three more union-linked appointments to the Fair Work Commission, taking the number of union-aligned appointees to 16 in 14 months, as Labor unwinds the Coalition’s stacking of the ­tribunal with those from an ­employer background. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Telstra will axe up to 2800 jobs – or about 9 per cent of its workforce – with most of the cuts by the end of the year. The Australian theaustralian.com.au/business/telst…

New penalties against employers, compensation for workers and higher redundancy payouts have been proposed by unions to combat the impact of AI, as they warn IR laws are “woefully in­adequate” to deal with AI’s potentially negative effects on workers. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Bosses being disorganised would not be an acceptable excuse to contact workers after hours to perform unpaid work, under an ACTU push to strengthen the ­Albanese government’s new right-to-disconnect laws in favour of employees. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Perth commentary comically biased. More one-eyed than Pies radio. #AFLEaglesDees

Employers are citing energy bill relief and rental assistance in the federal budget to try to limit an imminent pay rise for 2.9 million low-paid workers. ACTU accuses business of insulting the nation’s low-paid, saying a 5pc wage rise is urgently needed. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Labor’s multi-billion dollar commitment to boost the wages of aged care workers and early childhood educators will be welcomed by thousands of workers enduring the cost of living crisis. In short, a policy no brainer. #Budget2024 theaustralian.com.au/nation/federal…

The Australian Federal Police Association is threatening strike action to “shut down” airports and the sitting of federal parliament in a severe escalation of its pay dispute. Says members are sick of being “disrespected” by the government. The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/austral…

I’m back at work after a brilliant trip across the UK. Highly recommend the coastal drive from Belfast to Derry, as well as Yeats country in Sligo. Great people and magnificent landscape.