A plumber and drainage contractor paid $4000 for tickets to a BLF charity boxing night and recouped the cost from the building company Mirvac, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
Employers have warned a Victorian parliamentary inquiry that they will seek to reduce wages, benefits or hours if a new state-wide portable long service leave scheme is implemented, while unions have provided detailed outlines of model schemes.
New Federal Coalition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says he won’t make any of the "inevitable" changes to his frontbench until after the end of the current parliamentary sitting week.
"Tennis tragic" cops serve from the FWC over dismissal; Grain handling industry gets new modern award; and CFMEU expresses concern over Hanna allegations.
Workers are considering protected strikes over deadlocked bargaining at CUB's main Melbourne brewery, in a dispute that is complicated by tensions over coverage between United Voice and the CFMEU.
An employer has failed in a challenge to the validity of a protected action ballot that extended the voting period by 10 days, with the FWC finding the error was a "technical breach" that did not affect the result.
The FWC has granted the Independent Education Union an additional 30 days to coordinate protected industrial action across more than 170 Queensland Catholic schools, after rejecting an employer proposal to limit the period to just 14 days following school holidays.
The Heydon Royal Commission is investigating whether major building company Mirvac paid part of the cost of building a luxury family home for the former national and Queensland president of the CFMEU's construction and general division, David Hanna.
In an important decision concerning injuries sustained by an employee while working, the Federal Court has rejected an employer's push to expand the application of the High Court's infamous "motel sex" decision.
When employees are being assessed for redundancy, every person involved needs to follow the process to the letter, and have valid and impartial reasons for their judgements, or the employer might face an adverse action claim, a new Federal Court ruling shows.
