A silk's report commissioned by Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth found no basis for allegations of "misbehaviour" by FWC President Adam Hatcher and Vice President Ingrid Asbury towards Commissioner Jennifer Hunt, according to Justice Hatcher, while the vice president is now seeking the commissioner's removal or suspension.
FWC Commissioner Jennifer Hunt's complaint that surfaced on Linked-In yesterday isn't the first, with the Commission revealing this evening that it counselled her after she raised an issue about another member two years ago, while she has also raised a further matter in recent weeks.
Union renewal expert Michael Crosby will start today as the CFMEU construction and general division's new administrator, FWC general manager Murray Furlong announced this morning.
The NSW corruption watchdog has found that a consultant HR advisor for a State Government department engaged in corrupt conduct by blacklisting a company linked to an employee who made a bullying complaint after his engagement ended.
US Labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned after a year in the job following allegations of misconduct and President Donald Trump has appointed her deputy as acting leader.
FWC member and former ETU NSW branch secretary Bernie Riordan has thrown out a demand that he recuse himself from an anti-bullying case due to his alleged "connection" with a union leader named as a respondent, saying the tribunal would "grind to a halt" if it acceded to such requests.
UWU national president Jo Schofield has launched her own election campaign, after secretary Tim Kennedy threw his support behind a rank and file member for president.
The Federal Government ended the term of former DEWR secretary Natalie James, making her eligible for a payout of 12 months of her $932,000-plus annual salary, less super contributions, a PM&C official told a Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra today.
