Ai Group played a significant role in representing and advocating for the collective interests of members at the Federal Government’s Jobs and Skills Summit that was held on the 1st and 2nd of September 2022. The Federal Government has released a summary of outcomes resulting from the Summit, which contains an extensive number of ‘immediate actions’ and ‘areas for further work’ in relation to workplace relations.
The Federal Government intends to introduce a Bill into Parliament giving effect to the outstanding legislative recommendations made by the Respect@Work Report. This was a key election promise made by the ALP before winning Government.
The Commission is hearing a major work value case in which unions are seeking a 25 percent increase to some wage rates under the Aged Care Award 2010, the Nurses Award 2020 and the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010. The Federal Government recently filed a submission in the case which was broadly supportive of the unions’ claims.
Read all this and more in our latest report on significant workplace relations issues.
