CFMEU construction division administrator Mark Irving KC is seeking stronger assistance and legislative change to tackle organised crime in the industry, including where a nefarious element is controlling businesses or "is the employer".
FWC GM Murray Furlong has reminded the Albanese Government of recommendations to legislate to reverse onerous regulatory requirements imposed by the former Coalition Government on registered organisations that go beyond what is required of listed companies, in response to a request for productivity-lifting initiatives ahead of last month's economic reform roundtable.
A FWC full bench has refused to extend a zombie agreement that it twice prolonged while a West Australian coffee chain negotiated and sought approval of a new deal that the FWC has since refused to approve because it failed the BOOT.
An employment service worker caught out by a legal technicality has won more time to challenge his sacking, which he links to an allegedly "inappropriate" workplace conversation after a Sorry Day event.
The QNMU is backing "in the strongest terms" a Crisafulli Liberal Government pay offer said to retain a nation-leading edge for most nurses and midwives by boosting their "earning potential", while public school teachers have accepted a Queensland IRC recommendation to pause industrial action for a month.
Former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf says the Federal Court should order the broadcaster to pay her a fine of between $300,000 and $350,000 for unlawfully sacking her for reasons including her political opinion about the Gaza war and breaching its enterprise agreement, but the ABC says it should have to cough up no more than $56,300.
A new same-job, same-pay order will deliver pay rises of up to 29% to on-hire manufacturing workers at Nissan Casting's Melbourne plant, according to the AMWU.
The Albanese Government has confirmed it will tomorrow table a long-awaited report tracking the financial performance of the CFMEU's construction and general division under administrator Mark Irving KC, as the Senate rejects a call for an inquiry into the administration's effectiveness and transparency.
A model working from home clause in a key award should avoid contributing to remote workers working "long and unsociable hours", address employer provision of equipment and apply to all employees, according to a Centre for Future Work report.
A Federal Court judge has disqualified himself from presiding over a worker's adverse action and sham contracting case against Uber, given his history when serving as a barrister of representing the platform in similar cases dealing with whether drivers and delivery people are in fact its employees.
