The Opposition has hinted that a Shorten Labor Government would axe the Coalition Government's public sector bargaining policy and the 2% wage cap, while 30,000 Victorian public sector employees are set to receive a backdated pay rise after voting up a new agreement.
More than 30,000 postal ballots have been sent to Victorian public sector employees as voting gets underway on an enterprise deal that delivers a 13% pay increase over four years and provides 20 days family violence leave.
The Victorian Auditor-General's damning audit report on the state health sector's response to bullying and harassment has found its agencies lack even the "fundamental, underpinning foundations of effective policies and procedures" to tackle the issue.
The Victorian Government has accepted recommendations to seek to shift the destructive "us and them" workplace culture in its metropolitan firefighting service to one based on "trust and respect".
The Victorian County Court has given suspended jail sentences to two former Cbus employees who pleaded guilty to giving false and misleading evidence to the Heydon Royal Commission.
The CFMEU wants to examine the safety record of the building supply company Boral as part of the committal hearing of blackmail charges against the union's top two officials in Victoria.
Victorian state school teachers are pushing for a reduction in face-to-face teaching hours under a new enterprise agreement, along with caps on class size and greater job security.
A tribunal has awarded more than $13,000 in damages to a customer service officer an employer discriminated against when it failed to make reasonable adjustments and then sacked her because of her inability to return to pre-injury duties.
A construction company - which came to the attention of the Heydon Royal Commission for paying AWU membership fees on behalf of employees, even if they were not members - has been ordered to pay $1.3 million in damages after admitting it failed to prevent a female labourer being s-xually harassed and bullied by her workmates.
