The FWC has refused to extend an entry permit for a CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch Indigenous Organiser who is facing "very serious" charges of threats to kill and inflict serious injury, while it has foreshadowed that the process for considering his application for a new permit is "unlikely to be a straightforward one".
A court has ordered long-serving Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association secretary Steve Purvinas to pay indemnity costs - expected to reach six figures - for his vexatious rules case that sought to wreak havoc against union executive members and embarrass and harass them.
An industry group has lamented that productivity tools vital for business success are classified in a "disturbingly negative" manner as forms of workplace surveillance in the terms of reference for a Victorian Government inquiry.
A Senate inquiry is inviting submissions on a Bill designed to ensure the Albanese Government's funding for a 15% work value pay rise for early childhood educators is passed on to the workers while avoiding major fee hikes, but a legislation scrutiny committee has questioned a lack of "oversight".
After Wilmar Sugar rejected a FWC recommendation to offer a 21.33% pay rise over four years, workers at its Queensland mills have narrowly voted up a three-year deal providing a 16% increase, plus a $2500 sign-on sweetener.
Victoria should introduce legislation to protect workers from unreasonable workplace surveillance and misuse of their data while enterprise agreements can fill remaining gaps, an IR academic told a parliamentary inquiry this week.
Maurice Blackburn's head of employment and industrial law, Josh Bornstein, says he has written a book challenging employers' increasing suppression of free speech to highlight "a major flaw in our democracy" and "a major threat" to workers' rights.
A federal court has confirmed that the CFMEU's construction division is not the only industry participant deserving of scrutiny, factoring-in a builder's lack of remorse into penalties imposed for blocking a union official's attempt to check on potentially dangerous electrical boards.
A senior FWC member has highlighted a labour hire "dilemma" raising "obvious policy issues for government", while finding an employer did not dismiss a worker who alleged he had been sacked for taking medical marijuana.
