The Ai Group today expressed strong objections to a Workplace Express article stating that an employer acted on its "incorrect" legal advice to a worksite's project manager, who subsequently refused entry to a union official.
Two companies that claimed they acted on legal advice from the Australian Industry Group have been fined almost $25,000 for refusing to allow a CFMEU official entry to a building site.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has asked the Registered Organisations Commission to refer to the Australian Federal Police the leaking of information about the raids on the AWU.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said last night that she made an offer to the Opposition to split-off into a separate Bill elements of the "four-yearly review" legislation that enable the FWC to overlook technical and minor errors in agreements, after tribunal president Iain Ross twice wrote asking her to urgently secure its passage.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash says one of her staffers has resigned after admitting he leaked information to the media about the AFP raids on the AWU yesterday.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has identified a greater determination among Australia's courts to punish exploitative employers guilty of misdeeds such as sham contracting and supply chain abuses, according to its annual report.
Embattled Flight Attendants Association national division secretary Andrew Staniforth has taken to social media to assert he is innocent of financial impropriety, ahead of an independent investigator's report which will on Friday determine whether he should be immediately reinstated.
Treasury secretary John Fraser has told a Senate Estimates hearing the department expected to see wages lift in "the next few years", despite the most recent Wage Price Index reflecting the lowest annual growth in its 20-year history.
