Deliberately underpaying workers will be a criminal offence, punishable by fines of up to three times the amount of underpayments, under laws being introduced to Parliament today.
Labor's imminent industrial relations changes, which include a first-ever "definition of what an employee is", represent a union "wish list" rather than addressing legitimate loopholes, employer groups say.
Employers that seek to voluntarily restructure their workforce to take advantage of artificial intelligence technologies will have a responsibility to support and upskill their current employees to prevent unnecessary redundancies, Labor is proposing in a draft policy.
The Federal Government has introduced a bill to establish a "new specialist parliamentary human resources agency", to better deal with workplace misconduct.
Employment Minister Tony Burke has today revealed some details of a "new pathway" for casual workers to seek permanency, which could kick in after six months of regular employment.
Employers' psychosocial risk obligations represent a "new dawn" for HR, where this area can no longer be viewed as a workplace health and safety issue. Watch this webcast to understand how psychosocial risks intersect with almost every aspect of employment law and people management.
Ahead of the Federal Government's next tranche of industrial relations legislation, an employer group has spoken out about the risk of redefining what constitutes a 'casual employee'.
