New analysis by the ACTU argues that the real agenda of the Commission of Audit's suggested changes to the national minimum wage is to reduce the pay safety net for 1.5 million workers who receive award minimum rates.
The Federal Court has set aside enterprise agreements for three private hospitals, finding the group's corporate manager had no authority to make them.
The ACTU has called for the Heydon Royal Commission to investigate all political slush funds, after the revelations of NSW Liberal Party donations that have emerged from the state's Independent Commission Against Corruption.
The FWC has ordered the TWU to postpone member-endorsed industrial action against Linfox Armaguard because the vagueness of the notices to the company would have required it to respond with "extreme measures" such as organising flying squads to replace workers.
The MUA has expressed concern about the Victorian Government's selection of a stevedore with a "poor international reputation" for IR to operate a new third container terminal in the Port of Melbourne.
Mike Gallacher, who has been NSW's IR Minister for less than a fortnight, has resigned after being named this morning in the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
The Commission of Audit has called for a big shake-up of agencies in the employment portfolio, led by merging the Fair Work Ombudsman with the far smaller Commonwealth Ombudsman.
A photographer allegedly told by the owners of a family-run business that she would not be able to take photos or work with clients while heavily pregnant because it would not be "a good look" has been awarded more than $235,000 in compensation and penalties.
The HSU will seek to recover $284,000 transferred into an external fund by its Victorian No 3 branch during Kathy Jackson's tenure as secretary, and has sent bank records of the transactions to the Heydon Royal Commission.
