Festering tensions within the Queensland branch of the CFMEU's construction and general division have been exposed by a secret recording from July this year that has been released by the Heydon Royal Commission.
The SA Government has reached a "no strike" agreement with three unions to ensure industrial action is not an obstacle to building new submarines in Adelaide for the Australian Navy.
A full bench of the federal court has confirmed that terms in modern awards that provide allowances for hardships experienced by employees working in certain remote locations are not extinguished by the Fair Work Act.
Coalition members of a Senate committee have backed the passage of the Government's Bill that seeks to halt parents "double-dipping" into government and employer-funded paid parental leave schemes, but Labor and Greens senators say the change is regressive.
The CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch will pay up to $9 million in damages and costs to Boral and has given an undertaking that it won't renew its blackban on the company's concrete supplies, under a settlement deal announced today.
The Federal Court has awarded a former executive of an ASX-listed mining company more than $3.7 million after his employer breached his employment contract by failing to correctly pay his salary, superannuation, and leave entitlements – and his membership of the Union, University and Schools Club.
FSU national secretary Fiona Jordan says the union's national executive breached its collective agreement and "trade union values" when it made its HR manager redundant without notice this week.
A former Mirvac Queensland manager gave approval to provide materials and tradespeople for a house being built by a State secretary of the BLF, the Heydon Royal Commission has heard.
A group of Senate crossbenchers is set to agree on limited changes to the Fair Work Act, including providing a mechanism for breaking bargaining deadlocks on greenfields agreements.
The CFMEU has launched legal action against the Australian Federal Police, alleging that police attached to the Heydon Royal Commission conducted an unlawful raid on its offices last month.
