Victoria's Kourakis royal commission into the construction sector has appointed an acting assistant commissioner and already held closed hearings in order to gather confidential information, it revealed at its first official hearing today.
Two silks with backgrounds in building and construction, criminal, administrative and public law are leading the legal team for Chris Kourakis' Royal Commission into crime and misconduct in the Victorian construction industry, ahead of its first hearing.
A tribunal is poised to order a council to pay more than $900,000 to a worker it discriminated against by sacking him over his inability to drive an allocated vehicle, in a decision panning a "chilling" suggestion that show cause letters formed part of consultations to identify reasonable adjustments.
Victoria's Carroll Government has introduced legislation to establish a special prosecutor to assist the Kourakis Royal Commission into misconduct in the construction industry, while a second Bill expands IBAC's powers.
Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has today revealed details of the amendments to the work from home Bill that he negotiated with business groups, as debate on the legislation resumes.
The Victorian lower house has passed legislation targeting unregistered unions, after RAFFWU, the Greens and the Liberal Party accused Labor of factional favours and of undermining freedom of association, while the State's workplace protection legislation has passed Parliament.
A franchisor chief executive found in June to have engaged in "predatory and grooming" conduct towards a female employee 40 years his junior has now been ordered to pay her more than $72,000 in damages.
RAFFWU is accusing new Victorian Premier Ben Carroll of rewarding his "political masters" at the SDA after his Government introduced legislation that will shut down the unregistered union.
A gender equality commissioner has called for Victorian public sector departments to take "urgent action" to tackle s-xual harassment, after a new report found that rates have stubbornly remained the same over the last five years.
