The Australian Federal Police has made three arrests after a series of raids in Melbourne today of companies and individuals involved with supplying contract labour to Australia Post.
Reinstatement would no longer be the primary objective when the FWC is considering remedies for unfairly dismissed workers, the small business fair dismissal code would be axed and compensation for unlawful adverse action would be capped, under proposals in the Productivity Commission's draft IR report.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has overturned a single member decision outlawing industrial action for three months after finding there was insufficient evidence that industrial action was happening or threatened.
The CFMEU's construction and general division, ACT branch, set up a complex web of structures and related entities to disguise that it reaped substantial profits under the terms of union-negotiated agreements, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
The MUA says Hutchison Ports is breaching its enterprise agreement by not consulting with the union about a selection process for making redundant more than of its 40% Port Botany and Brisbane waterfront workforce, which it claims is a tool to bring in automation without consultation.
The ACTU says there is "no evidence" that cutting penalty rates for hospitality, entertainment and retail workers will increase productivity or jobs, but employers are backing the Productivity Commission inquiry recommendation, with the National Retail Association saying there is "no greater obstacle to job creation".
The Productivity Commission has called for the FWC in its four-yearly review of awards to align Sunday penalty rates in hospitality, entertainment, restaurants and cafes with those payable on Saturdays.
Victorian firefighters will begin voting this week on protected industrial action in protest at stalled bargaining negotiations, while the state's police union is fighting to stave off a Government push to require senior staff to "exceed" capabilities to move through future pay scales.
FWC members would be appointed for five-year terms and those determining minimum wage cases and awards would have expertise in economics, social science and commerce, rather than law and IR, under a radical Productivity Commission plan to change the institution's culture and structure.
The Productivity Commission in its draft IR inquiry report, released this morning, has recommended the 100% Sunday penalty rates for cafes, hospitality, entertainment, restaurants and retailing be aligned with Saturday rates.
