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CUB and ETU give their accounts of labour hire dispute

Carlton & United Breweries and the ETU in submissions to a Senate inquiry have provided conflicting accounts of last year's dispute over the use of labour hire employees at the company's Abbotsford brewery.

$1,000 individual fines for building workers

The Federal Court has imposed $1,000 individual penalties on 19 workers who stymied a concrete pour when they unlawfully walked off a Perth construction site.

Unions push for pay safeguard after penalties ruling

Unions will now push for all political parties to guarantee that today's penalty rates decision does not cut workers' take-home pay.

Fahour resigns after pay furore

Australia Post managing director Ahmed Fahour has resigned in the wake of the public and political backlash over his pay packet of $5.6 million.

FWC yet to rule on timing of change to Sunday penalties

The FWC will phase-in changes to Sunday penalty rates in four modern awards over at least two annual instalments, while changes to public holiday penalties will take effect from July 1, the tribunal's penalty rates review full bench ruled today.

FWC cuts Sunday, public holiday penalties

The FWC has reduced Sunday penalty rates in the hospitality, retail, fast food and pharmacy sectors and pared-back public holiday penalties in five awards, in a landmark ruling today by a five-member full bench.

Corporate evasion of employment obligations "endemic", says submission

The rapid rise of the "gig" economy has "normalised" sham contracting and exploitation of young workers, according to a submission to a Senate inquiry into corporate avoidance of the Fair Work Act.

Business "unsustainable" without capacity to terminate deal: Griffin Coal

As Griffin Coal continues negotiations for new agreements to cover its production and maintenance employees, the company has told a Senate inquiry that its operations would have likely folded if the FWC had not terminated a "completely uneconomic" deal last year.

BlueScope change consultation not fair, genuine: FWC

The Fair Work Commission has ordered BlueScope Steel to consult with a group of maintenance workers at its Port Kembla steelworks, after finding it failed to comply with the terms of a landmark 2015 enterprise agreement that reduced wages and reformed work practices to keep the plant open.

New low for private sector pay growth

Private sector rates of pay excluding bonuses grew by a new record low of 1.8% in trend terms last year, according to ABS data released today.

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