HSU acting national secretary Chris Brown says Craig Thomson should serve a custodial sentence after being convicted by the Victorian Magistrates Court this morning of defrauding the union during his tenure as national secretary.
The AWU will be seeking to "bump up" severance entitlements for employees that will be out of work as result of Aluminium producer Alcoa today confirming that it will close its Point Henry smelter at Geelong and related plants in Victoria and NSW.
The Fair Work Commission has recommended that a Melbourne-based Chinese language radio station train its staff and management in employment and discrimination law, after it dismissed a former presenter because of her Christian religion.
Craig Thomson has been found guilty of stealing HSU funds and obtaining a financial advantage by deception when he used the union's credit card to pay for escort services, cigarettes, firewood, travel expenses for his ex-wife, and to withdraw nearly $10,000 in cash from ATMs.
The battle for the hearts and minds of 100 meatworkers will be determined by an Australian Electoral Commission ballot after the Fair Work Commission ruled that both their employer and their union had misled them about their bargaining rights.
The Federal Court has found that shifting seasonal workers to a new employer after they'd worked 40 hours a week was a "sham" arrangement to avoid paying overtime.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that Subclass 457 visa holders cannot make legally binding employment contracts with employers that are not registered to sponsor them under the Migration Act.
Newman Government turns attention to health and safety changes; Building workers warned not to just walk off job to join Melbourne rally; and US union membership much higher in public sector.
The AMMA wants the FWC stripped of its appellate jurisdiction and a new body established, arguing this is preferable to "over-allocating" appeal matters to Vice President Adam Hatcher, which it maintains is happening now.
The Federal Circuit Court has ordered the Republic of Lebanon to pay more than $500,000 in fines, compensation and damages after finding that a consular employee was underpaid $100,000 in wages and entitlements and suffered adverse action when she was dismissed because of a workplace complaint and her sex and marital status.
