Fair Work Commission Vice President Michael Lawler says he has been under "enormous and sustained personal stress" since 2011, due to legal proceedings and media reportage involving his partner, former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson.
Former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson is now an undischarged bankrupt, throwing doubt on the civil proceedings in which the union is seeking to recover about $1.3 million.
Ten industry associations and non-government groups, including the AiG, BCA and ACTU, are today calling for net zero emissions of greenhouse gases, ahead of UN climate negotiations in November.
A revised enterprise deal with an extra day off in each roster cycle for the Gorgon LNG project’s largest contractor, CB&I, has been voted down, after a ballot closed on Friday evening.
The Heydon Royal Commission witnessed fiery exchanges during the cross-examination of Sydney identity George Alex on Friday after the lawyer for a CFMEU "whistleblower" accused him of being a “thief” who did “grubby deals” with the union's officials to “rip off workers”.
HSU Victorian No. 1 branch general manager Kimberley Kitching completed tests required to gain entry permits for officials in early 2013 with the "knowledge and authorisation" of branch secretary Diana Asmar, the Fair Work Commission found today.
An FWC full bench has warned that agreements that incorporate the Coalition's retrospective draft building code, which remains deadlocked in the Senate, might not comply with the requirements of the Fair Work Act.
The Fair Work Commission will investigate ways to make regulation less complex in workplaces with multiple award coverage, rather than through seeking to cut the number of modern awards, according to the tribunal's president.
A full Federal Court today upheld an FWC full bench ruling that an employer must make severance payments to about 50 employees because it didn't do enough to "obtain" jobs for them after it lost a major contract.
