A Federal Court judge has penalised the CFMEU and six officials almost $180,000 for a three-day picket at a Docklands construction site and labelled its compliance record an "embarrassment" to the trade union movement.
Labor promises to protect interns, underpaid franchise workers; Tribunal member points to line manager's critical role in dispute resolution; and Labour hire inquiry fails to agree on licensing.
The FWC has suspended the entry permit of a CFMEU official who behaved in an "aggressive and threatening manner" when he told a project manager at a construction site he wanted to "smash" someone.
The Coalition says it will put five workplace relations bills before the Federal Parliament if it is returned to office, but has flagged that it will not announce a full IR policy ahead of Saturday's election.
The crisis within Victoria's Country Fire Authority has deepened, with its chief fire officer joining the exodus from its management ranks, saying the organisation's proposed agreement has "compromised" his role.
The FWC has ordered an employer that ran an "absurd" Monty Pythonesque defence to pay almost $90,000 to cover the legal costs of a teacher it sacked for "disgraceful, improper or unbecoming" conduct after she aired grievances at a school meeting.
A flight attendants union leader who is being prosecuted by the FWC maintains there was "absolutely nothing untoward" in the union backpaying him for almost 13 weeks of annual leave.
A newly-approved three-year enterprise deal for National Basketball League players lifts minimum salaries from $37,000 under a nominally-expired 2013 agreement to $40,000 and then to $45,000.
