PC inquiry might "improve perceptions" of IR system, says IMF; ACT DPP offers no evidence against CFMEU official accused of blackmail; WGEA highlights CBA efforts to close gender pay gap; Surgeons apologise for toxic culture; Case against former TWU leader transferred to WA; FWC confirms timetable for minimum wage review; and Government must act on visa worker exploitation, says Labor.
A Victorian Police task force is undertaking a criminal investigation into the activities of former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson while at the union, the Heydon Royal Commission revealed today.
The journalist sacked by SBS over controversial Anzac Day tweets will still have his day in court after his legal team abandoned his initial adverse action claim due to the limits of state anti-discrimination laws.
The standard absorption clause will no longer form a part of modern awards, with a five-member full bench ruling that it has served its purpose as a transitional tool.
The FWC has blocked an attempt by maintenance workers servicing mining giant Anglo Coal's Queensland operations to nominate multiple bargaining agents.
The Heydon Royal Commission will examine whether CFMEU construction and general division NSW branch secretary Brian Parker received secret commissions or benefits from construction companies or subcontractors, counsel assisting told a hearing this morning.
At the National Reform Summit in Canberra today, the ACTU will urge the Turnbull Government to adopt measures to boost multifactor and capital productivity, arguing that labour productivity has been growing and "is not the problem".
The FWC has ordered an employer defending an unfair dismissal claim to produce a consultant's bullying report sought by an employee it sacked after he drew a stylised p-nis on a workplace incident report, while it has refused to effectively "mandate" that the employer be represented by its employer association's lawyer.
An employer's insistence that a manager perform his role full-time "forever precluded" other employment arrangements that might have accommodated impairments or family responsibilities, a tribunal has found.
Early childhood service providers might face higher wages bills after the Fair Work Commission ruled that their administrative workers can be covered by the modern award for private sector clerks.
