Clubs Australia has begun a push for about 100,000 employees of licensed clubs to be covered by the hospitality award, which would reduce their weekend and public holiday penalty rates.
A company's quest to stop its former director and inventor of a thermal energy battery from disseminating intellectual property or exploiting business opportunities arising from his employment demonstrates the importance of documenting relationships upfront, according to his lawyer.
A Victorian Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision on whether to quash blackmail charges against leaders of the CFMEU construction and general division's Victorian branch over the union's dispute with Boral.
An accountancy firm that knowingly failed to maintain current award rates of pay in its MYOB payroll system has been found accessorially liable for an employer's underpayments.
Union membership density in the private sector has plunged to just 10.4% after unions lost 55,000 market sector adherents in the past two years, while membership is up by more than 30,000 in the public sector and women members for the first time outnumber men, according to ABS data published today.
Queensland's Palaszczuk Labor Government will introduce legislation this month to mandate the licensing of labour hire companies from next year, setting the pace for other Labor states such as Victoria and South Australia.
Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James says low penalties are creating a "perverse incentive" for a "dangerous minority" of employers to use inaccurate or incomplete records to conceal underpayments, forcing the watchdog to use novel, labour-intensive strategies to piece together employees' working hours.
A CFMEU lodge secretary is considering challenging a contempt finding against him over his refusal to comply with a court order to allow a search of his home.
Caltex has established a $20 million "assistance fund" for franchise employees who have been underpaid, but insists that its franchising model does not need fixing.
