Norfolk Island's public sector workforce is seeking an 8% wage increase over two years, compulsory 9.5% employer superannuation and additional financial compensation for the introduction of income tax next year.
Former Queensland Council of Unions leader Grace Grace has taken over the State's IR portfolio after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced a cabinet reshuffle today.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a resident caretaker of a luxury resort, even though he is manager, is a "worker" eligible to pursue an anti-bullying claim.
The Federal Treasury used a "cabinet sensitive" briefing to urge newTreasurer Scott Morrison to boost labour market flexibility, seizing the opportunity presented by the Productivity Commission's review of Australia's workplace system.
Victoria Police have today charged CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch secretary John Setka and his deputy Shaun Reardon with blackmail, for allegedly pressuring concrete supplier Boral over its relationship with the builder Grocon.
The CFMEU's mining and energy division says that workers at some Queensland coal mines have engaged in "safety walk-offs" after this week's reports about the re-emergence of black lung disease.
A Queensland parliamentary inquiry will consider licensing and registration of labour hire companies as the state becomes the third jurisdiction to launch investigations into allegations of sham contracting and abuses of visa workers by labour suppliers.
As Parliament prepares to rise for the year, the Turnbull Government has introduced legislation containing the provisions removed from the Fair Work Act amending legislation that came into effect last week.
The AWU and Cleanevent are awaiting a Federal Court ruling on their legal tussle over the modern award to cover cleaners at the Spotless group subsidiary.
