An employer who sought to "retrofit" a requirement for workers to have a clean police record should have obtained external HR advice to avoid unfairly sacking a storeworker over his criminal past, the FWC has found.
A future Federal Labor government should not give contracts to "anti-union" law firms, according to an ALP conference resolution pushed by the CFMMEU's Victorian branch.
The CFMMEU says two pared-back production and maintenance BHP agreements awaiting approval in the FWC would create an "in-house, cut-price labour hire workforce" and a "template for the mining industry to get around Skene".
The ALP's national conference has blunted a union push for a speedy increase in employer superannuation contributions to 15%, along with bans on for-profit retail super funds qualifying as default funds in the award system.
The Federal Court has fined ANMF WA branch secretary Mark Olson $6,600 for his "laxity" in failing to ensure the union submitted financial reports on time for three years in a row.
The head contractor on Victoria's $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel Project is attempting to win approval for a greenfields agreement by making the first use of 2015 amendments to the Fair Work Act.
Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten has pledged to include a right to superannuation in the National Employment Standards, which would give employees the power to pursue their unpaid superannuation.
The ABCC has been bolstered with the appointment of two new deputy commissioners, coming two days after the building watchdog received an additional funding injection of $3.7 million over four years.
Unions are seeking to revive a Keating Government target with their new push for Labor to commit to increasing compulsory superannuation contributions to 15% by 2030, but business groups say it would put more downward pressure on wages
