CFMMEU official Joe Myles has been hit with his second personal payment order in four months, the Federal Court today fining him $44,000 for a series of threats and actions over an unfavoured subcontractor working on a level crossing site in 2013 and 2014.
Just months after employers called on the Coalition to consider installing seven new FWC members, pointedly highlighting the number of ALP appointees, the Morrison Government has announced five new deputy presidents and a commissioner, many with strong links to the business sector.
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Victorian CFMMEU leaders John Setka and Shaun Reardon have launched legal proceedings seeking damages from two Boral executives over blackmail charges dropped in May.
The Morrison Government has today passed legislation to include the right to take up to five days' unpaid family and domestic violence leave in the National Employment Standards.
The FWC should continue to be the "quality filter" for approving default superannuation funds in awards, according to newly-installed industry super overseer Greg Combet.
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Unions NSW is expecting a decision by tomorrow on its High Court challenge to election spending laws it says are already restricting its ability to campaign ahead of March's State election.
The FWC will no longer be required to conduct four-yearly reviews of modern awards, while being given powers to approve enterprise agreements despite minor procedural or technical errors, under long-delayed legislation passed by the Federal Parliament last night.
