ACTU President Ged Kearney last year took to the stage at the International Labor Organisation conference to make an impassioned plea for domestic violence leave become a non-negotiable workplace entitlement right across the developed world.

Kearney isn’t just talk. The ACTU is currently running a test case before the Fair Work Commission calling for 10 days annual domestic violence leave to be mandated as a standard employment condition for all Australian workforces.