The FWC has cleared the way for the ACT Greens' former party director to challenge his sacking after rejecting the organisation's jurisdictional objection that his brief term failed to meet the statutory minimum employment period for workers at small employers.
After a hard-fought battle, a mining union has today won an authorisation to negotiate a multi-employer agreement with three underground black coal mines operated by major resource companies Peabody, Ulan and Whitehaven, but Delta has escaped its clutches.
FWC general manager Murray Furlong is seeking civil penalties in the Federal Court against HSU Victorian No 1 branch secretary Diana Asmar for allegedly receiving more than $120,000 in unwarranted reimbursements, signing-off on a payment of almost $3 million to a printing business for products and services the union never received, and pocketing "cashbacks" related to the printing, allegedly channelled through her spouse.
The scheme of administration for the CFMEU's construction division and branches, in place from today, immediately dismisses most officeholders, but allows some national, WA branch and ACT branch officials to keep their jobs during Mark Irving KC's supervision of the union.
A leading IR law academic says he would not be surprised if the Albanese Government proposes a Fair Work court to operate alongside the FWC if it is returned at the next federal election, while SA Employment Tribunal President Stephen Dolphin recommends looking to the "exceptional" model in his State.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has this morning put the CFMEU's construction and general division and its branches into administration, after deciding it is in the public interest.
The FWC has upheld the summary dismissal of a forklift driver, after he left work to avoid a drug test, claiming that he had an "accident" in his trousers.
The Albanese Government has set a $175,000 high-income threshold for Closing Loopholes protections that enable contractors to challenge unfair deactivations and contractual terms, or to opt-out of the new employee definition.
The ETU's refusal to acknowledge that power network operator Transgrid alone dictates when emergency work is required provided the FWC sufficient reason to extend orders preventing certain protected industrial action for a further two months, according to a senior member.
