The Federal Court has today ordered former ABC Commissioner Nigel Hadgkiss to pay the CFMEU an $8,500 fine for his "wrongdoing" when he breached the law "he was required to police", resulting in the dissemination of "false information" on right of entry.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus told a hearing in Melbourne today that the Federal Government’s "ensuring integrity" legislation would impose harsher standards and punishments on unions and their officials than the Corporations Act does to employers.
The ROC has launched an inquiry into the HSU's Tasmanian branch over an alleged "termination payment" provided to former state secretary and current national secretary Chris Brown, while the CEPU has dismissed an ROC investigation into reporting breaches as a scare tactic.
The FWC has refused to grant a protected action ballot for Lion's Castlemaine Perkins brewery workers after finding that United Voice stopped negotiating in good faith when it this month started pressing a non-permitted clause aimed at restricting the use of supplementary labour.
A full Federal Court has reserved judgment on the union application to quash the Fair Work Commission ruling to cut weekend penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors.
Employers have defended the Fair Work Commission's decision to cut Sunday penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors, telling five Federal Court judges today that the tribunal was balancing the interests of employees and employers.
Outgoing ABC Commissioner Nigel Hadgkiss has thrown his support behind his deputy, Cathy Cato, to replace him, after he resigned a fortnight ago for breaching the Fair Work Act.
A Catholic school teacher sacked after being charged with indecent assault, of which he was later acquitted, has been reinstated after the FWC rejected the Sydney Archdiocese's argument that his automatic loss of clearance to work with children frustrated his employment.
ACTU president Ged Kearney might soon be leaving the peak body, if she wins preselection for a Labor heartland seat in the Victorian Parliament that is under threat from the Greens.
After suffering a three-year pay freeze and rejecting a proposed enterprise deal last year, the FWC's 300-odd employees are set to receive a 3% upfront increase under an agreement that won approval this morning.
