The CFMEU is considering whether to appeal after it was refused permission to hold talks in a BHP Coal mine's dragline crib rooms because it was a "functional work area", rather than a meal or break area.
The Federal Court has rejected an FWBC bid to make a CFMEU official personally liable for fines, saying the construction watchdog had ignored the practicalities of enforcement, given that it had "no intention" of monitoring him for up to a decade to ensure he wasn't reimbursed.
The CFMEU has called for Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon to reject legally "unsafe" allegations that organiser Darren Greenfield received payments from Sydney identity George Alex.
Oil company Caltex, which has identified that it has a gender pay gap of 1.1% in favour of males on a "like for like" position basis, is among about 20 organisations that have been added today to the gender equality agency's list of best practice employers.
A labour supplier to an offshore pipe-laying vessel will tomorrow seek an interlocutory order from the Federal Court to halt industrial action on Friday, arguing that union industrial action notices are invalid because of the obligations imposed by the unique safety regulation regime for the offshore oil and gas sector.
Two credit cards issued to the NUW's former NSW branch secretary, Derrick Belan, racked up about $697,000 on purchases that included Tiffany & Co jewellery and perfume, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
FWC reserves decision on Telstra agreement; Meaney takes over as NUW NSW branch secretary; & Fine for company and director that acted with "reckless disregard".
Pacific National has been ordered to reinstate a train driver, after the FWC uncovered flaws in its investigation before it sacked him for speeding and leaving his co-driver behind while she took a trackside toilet break.
The FWC has extinguished a CFMEU mining division branch's exemption that allowed it to run its own industrial elections that it recently proclaimed was "integral to its very identity".
The FWC has upheld the dismissal of an NBN Co employee who racked up $23,000 in charges on his employer-provided mobile phone and then refused to agree to the company's proposed repayment plan.
