The ACCC says it found no evidence that customers of Boral acted as a cartel when responding to alleged CFMEU pressure to stopping buying concrete supplies from the company.
A high-level FWC full bench will decide what constitutes being "at work" under the Fair Work Act's bullying regime after hearing argument this morning from three DP World workers, the company, the MUA, ACCI and the AiG.
A worker who applied for anti-bullying orders then allegedly demanded a large cash payment from his employer has failed to convince a Fair Work Commissioner to disqualify himself from the matter for being "inattentive" and "unsympathetic".
The Federal Circuit Court has accepted that taking sides in an ideological split and making a bullying and harassment complaint are protected under the Fair Work Act's adverse action regime, but has rejected an academic's claim that they were the reasons for his redundancy.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched rare secondary boycott proceedings against the Victorian branch of the CFMEU over its alleged bans against the building products supplier Boral.
Former CFMEU national secretary John Maitland is being prosecuted for being an accessory to misconduct and for giving false evidence, following last year's NSW ICAC inquiry into the granting of a coal exploration licence that earned him millions of dollars.
The Australian Institute of Employment Rights says the pending Productivity Commission review of the Fair Work laws risks being a narrow, market-oriented exercise if its terms of reference do not embrace international human rights and labour standards, in a discussion paper released today.
Employment Minister Eric Abetz has acknowledged "one never knows the answer to that" when asked whether more Chinese workers will be in Australia following the two countries' free trade agreement, as debate continues over the deal.
The Fair Work Commission has warned the Dapto Leagues Club it might encounter difficulties enforcing its new policy against employee lip piercings or visible body art, noting the irony of its approach given "a majority of professional footballers" are "covered in tattoos".
The work/life balance of Australian employees has deteriorated in the last five years, and the national unemployment rate could be reduced to zero by redistributing unpaid overtime hours, according to a new study.
