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.
Mining sector workers' share of the industry's income has dropped from 30% to 20% over the past 20 years, while the industry’s cash flow (after operating costs) nearly doubled between 2006 and 2012, according to a CFMEU-commissioned report.
NSW Public Service Commissioner Graeme Head is seeking to determine why 30% of NSW public sector employees report being bullied in the workplace and almost 50% say they have witnessed it, despite the implementation of a wide range of prevention and management measures.
