The labour market is gradually easing, economists believe it remains tight enough to keep the Reserve Bank of Australia cautious.
The proposed federal court will operate alongside the Fair Work Commission. This will create a specialist forum to deal with workplace relations matters.
Ward joined Macquarie in 1996, the year the company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. He served as Global Chief Financial Officer for 14 years before becoming Deputy Managing Director.
The workforce reduction is part of Uber's effort to streamline its community operations, strengthen office collaboration and expand the use of artificial intelligence.
The latest workforce reduction affects parts of Amazon's artificial general intelligence organisation as the company continues investing heavily in AI models and infrastructure.