Former South Australian supreme court chief justice and solicitor-general Chris Kourakis will head up the royal commission into crime and misconduct in the Victorian construction industry promised by new premier Ben Carroll upon rising to the top job late last month.
The FWC will today hear an ETU challenge to BHP's docking of the pay of sparkies on the power network serving its Pilbara iron ore mines and company town, after they participated in protected bans on mentoring, training and upskilling.
DEWR will this week put to a parliamentary inquiry that it should approve its proposal for a $150 million-plus office fit-out as it consolidates its Canberra workforce, currently spread across five buildings, into two interconnected towers in the national capital's CBD.
Shadow IR minister Jane Hume has introduced a Bill that would enable the CFMEU's administrator to indefinitely expel members or disqualify union officers, and ensure they could not work for other unions.
The FWC has ordered an alpine resort operator to pay $14,000 to a former general manager sacked over allegations he covertly overpaid his partner and allowed staff to drive company vehicles while drunk or high on drugs.
Pay growth holds firm to narrow inflation gap; "Poor advice", not deal, source of kindy's problems: Bench; and Kidnap tragedy no reason for late application: FWC.
The Human Rights Commission has launched a campaign to help employers tackle racism in a climate of elevated race discrimination and vilification complaints, yet employers seem to be withdrawing from tackling it, Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman says.
The FWC has ordered the reinstatement of a worker sacked while on remand as he faced stalking and domestic violence charges, finding his employer's reliance on the criminal allegations "premature" and "unjust".
An auditor for the HSU's Victorian no.1 branch under Diana Asmar's leadership had "an inherent conflict of interest", because he undertook branch audits while serving as director for two branch-related entities and managing the Asmar family's tax and superannuation, the FWC has found.
A cancer-stricken helicopter pilot who hadn't worked in more than three years still had six months of long service leave owing when sacked for supposedly "frustrating" his contract, the FWC has found.
