Fair Work Building and Construction chief executive Leigh Johns has challenged those who say the inspectorate should have intervened in the Grocon Supreme Court proceedings to identify the powers it could have relied upon, while the main players are about to head back for more talks with FWA President, Justice Iain Ross.
Grocon Constructors has shown the Victorian Supreme Court graphic footage of CFMEU protesters pushing back police horses in Melbourne's CBD this morning in its successful bid to extend a ban on union officials coming within 50 metres of the Emporium site.
NSW Greens IR spokesperson David Shoebridge hopes an administrator for the troubled state-registered HSU East branch could be appointed as soon as today after the passage of legislation through the NSW Parliament.
An HR outsourcing company has successfully enforced a two-year restraint provision - with all but three months of that on full pay - against one of its founders, whose ability to attract clients was likened to "sprinkling fairy dust".
The ALP and Greens in NSW have managed to delay the passage of the State Government's bill that gives it unprecedented power over public sector pay and conditions but the legislation still looks set to pass after the Government agreed to exempt for now NSW police.
