The ACTU has accused secretary Sally McManus's favourite NRL team the Parramatta Eels of "overlooking the pain and ongoing struggles of asbestos victims" by signing a multi-year sponsorship with James Hardie.
A delegate of the FWC's general manager has started investigating more than $180,000 in donations reportedly made by the Victorian/Tasmanian branch of the CFMEU's construction division to support a candidate from another registered organisation in an uncontested election in 2022.
Aviation unions say that Rex airline workers have been told that hundreds of their jobs will be cut following the appointment of voluntary administrators, raising questions about when and if they can access their full entitlements.
New Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has called on the CFMEU's construction division to cooperate with the imposition of a government-nominated administrator, arguing that despite its appointment yesterday of an independent investigator the union cannot undertake its own "clean-out".
A FWC full bench has won support from unions and employers for suggested variations to casual employment clauses in awards to avoid friction with Closing Loopholes changes that take effect next month, although the Ai Group has raised a "related issue" it contends needs to be resolved as part of the case.
The FWC has granted a worker a one day extension for his unfair dismissal claim due to the merits of his case, after he alleged his employer summarily dismissed him for a positive drug test taken during a period of annual leave, when its zero tolerance policy would not apply.
The FWC will apply greater scrutiny to agreements made with the CFMEU's construction and general division, in the wake of allegations about the union's conduct.
The CFMEU construction and general division's national office has appointed high-profile silk Geoffrey Watson to investigate allegations of criminal wrongdoing in some branches.
Already fined more than $10 million this year for underpaying employees, the Commonwealth Bank this week became the latest big employer to breach Victoria's long service leave laws, joining the likes of Woolworths, Coles and Optus.
