A tribunal has upheld the dismissal of a senior council roadworker for secretly taping conversations with colleagues and making "uncouth" and "nasty" comments about a female co-worker's naked body.
The CPSU has called on the Federal Coalition's audit of government spending to consider the staffing levels required to provide public services before it recommends reducing jobs.
AMMA chief executive Steve Knott is sticking to his guns over his claim that there has been a recent increase in successful unfair dismissal claims in the FWC, despite the tribunal's general manager asserting that the win rate has remained "consistent".
Industry Super Australia says Abbott Government proposals to change the composition of industry superannuation boards and the way default funds are chosen for modern awards have the potential to reduce returns for members.
A senior Fair Work Commission member has taken the rare step of initiating a review of the CFMEU's right of entry practices and has rejected the union's bid that he disqualify himself from the process on bias grounds.
The ACTU's first executive meeting since the September federal election wound up in Melbourne this afternoon, with the peak body condemning the Abbott Government's audit commission and restoration of the ABCC, and having a "discussion" about its own structure.
In a case that originally thrown out for want of evidence, the CFMEU construction and general division has agreed to fork out $60,000 in fines and costs arising from unlawful pressure it placed on Bendigo Scaffolding Pty Ltd in June 2008 to sign up to a union agreement.
Former HSU national secretary Craig Thomson's criminal trial arising from alleged unauthorised expenditure of union funds will kick off in the Victorian Magistrates Court on December 2, with Victoria Police about to add 50 charges to his rap sheet to combat arguments that the existing 170 counts involve duplication and are difficult to understand.
Three Australia Post workers dismissed in 2010 for distributing porn over the corporation's IT system have won reinstatement and compensation, but with their back-pay discounted substantially for misconduct.
