The Turnbull Government has accepted a large swathe of Labor amendments to legislation that makes it a criminal offence for a registered organisation to give, receive or solicit a "corrupting benefit".
An FWC full bench has thrown out a service provider's attempt to challenge the quashing of an agreement that was negotiated with employees not covered by it, prompting the TWU to seek a new deal for members engaged under it to deliver a cut-price government contract.
An inspector sacked by the ABCC for failing to disclose criminal and disciplinary proceedings when he was a police officer must pay $25,000 security to challenge a court's rejection of his bid for a judicial review.
A bitter industrial dispute at Glencore's Oaky North coal mine in Queensland involving three consecutive eight-day lockouts is shaping as a watershed struggle over workplace arrangements in the Australian coal industry.
Crucial crossbench Senator David Leyonhjelm has flagged that he will seek amendments to the Turnbull government's legislation to outlaw secret payments by employers to unions and union officials.
The TWU has won a 2.25% increase in employer superannuation contributions as part of an in-principle agreement on a new three-year deal at the Toll transport group.
Restrictions on APS employees posting anti-Government messages on social media under new guidelines could lead to workers unwittingly exposing themselves to sanction as policies shift on issues such as marriage equality, according to an IR academic.
The approval of new deals covering almost 22,000 ATO and PM&C employees heralds significant progress in the CPSU's longest-ever bargaining dispute, but the union says it won't be resolved until the Department of Human Services "gets the message on retaining rights and conditions".
