The Federal Government's proposed 'same job, same pay' reforms are "ignorant" of the factors that determine workers' wages, and too broad and clumsy to work in practice, employer representatives say.
Business representatives are lobbying hard ahead of the Federal Government's third tranche of employment law reforms to ensure professional contractors don't get caught up in provisions designed to protect casual workers.
The Labor Government has introduced its second tranche of promised workplace relations reforms, aiming to close the "loopholes that some businesses use to undercut workers' pay, security and flexibility".
Investigating workplace sexual harassment is 'tricky' at the best of times, but a rise in historical complaints is adding further complexity, a lawyer says.
Researchers are calling on employers and governments to protect workers from increasingly common "out-of-hours intrusions", after finding these "boundary infringements" elevate workplace stress.
The Federal Government's recently proposed privacy reforms will "largely eviscerate the employee records exemption" and put HR practices under a microscope, a lawyer says.
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