The FWBC has launched a Federal Court prosecution of a head contractor it accuses of repeatedly discriminating against a crane operator because it wasn't party to a union enterprise agreement.
Qantas has called in cyber security experts after a "perceived compromise of the voting process" in an electronic ballot for a long-haul pilots' agreement.
The ACTU's national executive today passed a resolution calling for a public registry of labour hire companies and a "rigorous" national licensing regime.
The CFMEU's construction and general division has called for the Heydon Royal Commission to refer bribery allegations involving the union's ACT branch to the police, and for all parties involved in the payments to be prosecuted.
The owner and director of a formwork company in Canberra paid $135,000 to a CFMEU lead organiser in 2012 and 2013 to win contracts, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is seeking individual penalties against seven seafarers who took unlawful industrial action last year when they refused for 10 days to weigh anchor for their last journey before being made redundant.
Coles supermarkets agreement gets up after undertakings; Communications deal voted up; FWC bench rejects Alexander Spirit appeal; and Calls for Ross to resolve Lawler matter "misguided", says barristers.
The Federal Court has temporarily stopped an employer from accessing the results of an agreement ballot, after accepting there was an arguable case that it misled employees about their workplace rights.
An FWC full bench will tomorrow hear an MUA challenge to the s418 order issued this week to halt an oil tanker crew’s protests against shipping company Teekay Shipping (Australia) replacing them with foreign workers.
