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Some new recruitment technologies that employ AI are creating unprecedented risks to equality in the workplace, with the potential for discrimination.

Australian businesses now have a “positive duty” to prevent sexual harassment, with new sexual discrimination enforcement laws coming into place.

The labour market has so far shaken off a bout of high inflation and a series of interest rate hikes through forward-looking indicators, such as job ads and vacancies, signal weakness.

Humble encounters can transform annual performance reviews into a more positive and enriching experience for both managers and employees.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the changes would seek to prevent sexual harassment from occurring in the workplace, rather than have workplaces react to it taking place.

The reaction of business groups and the Coalition to the government securing passage of its same job, same pay bill on Thursday — legislation that will prevent employers from outsourcing jobs to labour-hire firms that pay contracted workers less than award rates — was apoplectic, writes Bernard Keane.

Employers can expect to pay higher wages when recruiting talent from overseas, and new rules will crack down on "non-genuine" students and dodgy education providers, under a long-awaited reset of Australia's temporary migration regime.

All IKEA workers will now be employed on a full-time or part-time basis, rather than a casual role. Along with this, workers can opt into fixed rostering, giving them flexibility in their schedules.

Small business advocates say the latest industrial relations reforms are "damaging", after a last-minute deal between Labor and key Senate crossbenchers saw significant changes legislated on the last sitting day of the year.

New technology startups with at least one immigrant founder are more likely to emphasise product innovation and encourage the exploration of new market opportunities.

The Albanese government's controversial industrial relations reform bill will be split in two, after a surprise agreement between Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke and Independent Senators David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie on the final parliamentary sitting day of the year.

An employee who was attacked by a dog while working from home was found to be injured in the course of her employment, and therefore entitled to workers compensation.