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Superannuation a pillar in systemic migrant worker exploitation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... correct entitlements. More broadly, two-thirds of migrant workers are paid less in wages than they are owed under the Fair Work Act. More than a third are paid below the national minimum wage of $24.95 per hour or $948 per week. The study also found ...

Victoria looks to enshrine work from home rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... said it supports workplace flexibility, but labelled the government's plan as "regulatory overreach," saying the Fair Work Act already includes provisions around working from home. Meantime, the Finance Sector Union (FSU) welcomed the proposal, saying ...

Renewable infra project contractor breaches workplace laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... transmission line between the power grids of South Australia, Victoria, and NSW, has been found to have contravened the Fair Work Act, the Federal Court has ruled. Elecnor is a manager of essential services and renewable energy projects across electricity ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... support the proposed new laws to be adopted by the Queensland and federal government. The current provisions under the Fair Work Act are insufficient as they do not allow women to take personal leave for menstrual pain, among other reproductive health ...

Closing Loopholes legislation

ALICIA MATAERE  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... November 2023 will proceed to the Senate in early 2024. To assist employers prepare for the proposed changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Fair Work Act) this paper highlights the key amendments (from a total of over 80 proposed changes), which will likely ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... infrastructure was neutral (+1.4), regulation of any form was seen as a huge burden: environmental regulation (-31.8), the Fair Work Act (-32.4) and "other" regulation (-43.6). In the absence of any objective measure, one well may quote Christine Keeler ...
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