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.
The MUA is considering its legal options after failing in its bid to challenge the validity of the temporary voyage licence granted to Alcoa, which the union maintains is allowing the company to replace Australian maritime workers with overseas crews.
The NSW government will legalise the Uber riding sharing business while providing a $250 million support package for existing holders of taxi licences.
Some 30,000 Victorian public sector employees will receive pay rises of 3.25% a year and 20 days a year of paid domestic violence leave under an in-principle four-year deal struck between the Andrews Government and CPSU Victoria.
The Federal Police are evaluating allegations that the chief-of-staff to the ACT Police Minister, Joy Burch, briefed CFMEU leader Dean Hall about a top-level meeting with police.
An employer took unlawful adverse action against its general manager who complained about her employment and a paucity of maternity leave options when it encouraged employees to provide negative feedback about her managerial skills and performance that it then used to justify sacking her, a court has found.
Former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson has today failed in her attempt to appeal a Federal Court decision for her to repay about $1.4 million to her old union.
A dramatic drop in membership helped push the AWU's Queensland branch to a $1.6 million loss in 2014-15, with its auditors expressing "material uncertainty" over its ability to continue as a going concern.
The ATO's sacking of a debt collection manager with almost 30-years' service has been upheld by the FWC after it found her failure to lodge personal tax returns over four consecutive years amounted to serious misconduct that warranted dismissal.
The Victorian Supreme Court has found that an employer was entitled to direct a sales manager to take leave with pay during his notice period, but then repudiated his employment contract when it refused him access to the car and iPhone it had provided.
