Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Australia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Australia: Labour force participation in June 2019
Nearly four out of every five of 15 to 64 year olds were participating in the labour market in June 2019 …
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Australia: Retailers call for employment flexibility
Retailers are pressing the Industrial Relations Minister, Christine Porter, to give them greater flexibility in the employment of part-time employees …
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Australia: Whistleblower Protection Act
An enhanced Whistleblower Protection Act has now become law …
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Australia: Legal Marijuana plants likely for Canberra
In spite of national (commonwealth) laws that criminalises the possession of cannabis, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) operates its own law that applies a small fine for possession …
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Australia: Wages rise 0.5% in the March quarter 2019
Over the year to Q1 2019, seasonally adjusted average pay levels rose by 2 …
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Australia: More people have never smoked in NSW
56% of adults in New South Wales have never smoked …
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Australia: Dismissal of Coles manager upheld by Fair Work Commission
In a recent case (Peter Angelakos v Coles Supermarkets), a former duty manager was terminated for serious misconduct after allegations of sexual harassment …
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Austrlia: Secondary jobs at highest level since 2010
Over the year to Q4 2018, the number of people working second jobs in Australia increased by 10 …
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Australia: Industrial disputes in Q4 2018
In Q4 2018, 30,700 working days were lost due to industrial disputes involving 28,400 employees …
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Australia: Wages and salaries for Q4 2018
During Q4 2018, seasonally adjusted average wages and salaries rose by 0 …
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Australia: Continued low growth in average earnings
Over the year to November 2018, the average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults in the private sector rose to $1,563 …
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Australia: FWA reforms
Fair Work Act amendments designed to protect casual workers, could very well end up making it far easier to classify them as casual …
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Australia: Government passes controversial anti-encryption law
Digital communications in Australia has joined the ranks of Russia, Saudi Arabia and China by banning end-to-end encryption services …
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Australia: Employers demand crackdown on worker underpayments
In an unusual move, Australia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry is advising the national government to beef up the office of the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) with extra powers and more inspectors in order to clamp down harder on employers who underpay …
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