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Criminal defence lawyer Paul McGirr and his client, ex-CFMEU NSW secretary Darren Greenfield leaving the Downing Centre in Sydney on Tuesday.

CFMEU leaders plead guilty to corruption

The former heads of the construction union’s NSW branch have admitted to taking thousands of dollars in cash bribes from an employer in return for preferential union treatment.

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MUA Queensland acting secretary Jason Miners has rejected the allegations of supplying drugs.

Union leader on paid leave from $170k job accused of substance abuse

A senior maritime union official, who has been absent from his leadership role for much of the past 12 months, is facing allegations of substance abuse and supplying ice to a teenager.

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New deal could change how FIFO works in the Pilbara

Unions have achieved their shortest swing yet for fly-in-fly-out construction workers and say they will refuse to OK anything longer for the rest of the north-west.

Ruling to raise gender pay could cost other workers $300 a week

The Australian Services Union will challenge a Fair Work Commission decision due to concerns it perversely sends thousands of social workers’ pay backwards.

A general view of the Grill’d Healthy Burgers store at Southern Cross Station in Melbourne.

Burger chain burnt over pay rise amounting to 77¢ a week

The ruling is a key victory for unions and could lead to Grill’d being forced to pay more than 4000 workers full penalty rates for the first time in years.

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Labor will drag Peter Dutton into an election fight over industrial relations, effectively killing off a handful of cases by employer groups to cut penalty rates.

Albanese to ignite IR war with promise to ban cuts to penalty rates

Labor will drag Peter Dutton into an election fight over industrial relations, effectively killing off a handful of cases by employer groups to cut penalty rates.

Perpetual argued clients’ ability to terminate their relationship “at will” made the restraint necessary.

Perpetual sued to stop clients moving after Ord Minnett raid. It lost

Two courts rejected the firm’s bid to enforce “extremely broad” non-solicitation clauses, in cases that reveal it has already lost 22 clients and fears 200 more are at risk.

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‘Game-changing’ rulings grant big gender gap catch-up pay rises

Fair Work has handed down decisions to “free” minimum award rates of historic gender assumptions, raising funding questions for the government.

The retail workers union is trying to force Chemist Warehouse into the first enterprise bargaining agreement to cover pharmacies.

Chemist Warehouse targeted in case that may open pharmacies to unions

The retail union has launched a case to force Chemist Warehouse to bargain for a multi-employer agreement as it seeks to lift pay and reduce casuals in the pharmacy sector.

Darren Greenfield of the NSW CFMEU.

CFMEU bribery case breakthrough: leaders flag possible guilty pleas

The lawyer for Darren and Michael Greenfield told a court there had been a “resolution” to the long-running case alleging they took bribes from a construction company.

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation secretary Annie Butler says the Commonwealth could use primary health funding mechanisms to back the wage rises.

Commonwealth facing calls to fund nurses’ private sector pay rises

The nurses’ union has called on whichever party wins government to set aside billions to fund pay rises of up to 35 per cent for private sector nurses.

Ousted CFMEU NSW secretary Darren Greenfield has yet to enter a plea to the bribery charges but has denied wrongdoing.

Union watchdog investigating CFMEU NSW and SA leadership

The Fair Work Commission has launched investigations into allegations of credit card misuse, unapproved salary increases and the transfer of $4 million in members’ money.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visiting Rio Tinto’s Dampier Port near Karratha on Friday.

BHP taken to umpire for ‘bad faith bargaining’ in the Pilbara

Mining unions accuse BHP of cancelling meetings as part of the first union talks for iron ore workers in the Pilbara.

Former Virtical director and twice bankrupt John Palasty said the payments to his wife were to repay loans she had made to the business.

More than $700k sent to director’s wife in alleged $120m GST scam

The wife of one of the directors of collapsed pub empire Virtical told examinations she had no memory of the more than 20 transactions sent from the company.

Construction industry workers can be eligible for long serivce leave from more than one employer.

Ruling on leave adds $1m to one business’ costs in a stroke

Employers want legislative changes in response to landmark rulings that mean thousands of businesses have huge backpay bills for portable long service leave.

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Bankruptcy catches up with accountant linked to tax fraudsters

Filomina Kyriacou – linked to some notorious tax fraudsters – has avoided tax debts and unpaid loans worth nearly $4 million by declaring herself bankrupt.

Portable long service leave benefits extend beyond workers in the construction industry to energy, home maintenance and telecommunications.

Shock ruling puts bosses on the hook for portable long service leave

Employers may have to pay millions of dollars going back years following landmark judgments that expand portable entitlements beyond the building industry.

Union organising efforts this week extend to areas like Port Hedland.

Union wins milestone from BHP, adds MinRes to target list

BHP’s historic concession comes as unions extend their Pilbara organising efforts to the struggling Mineral Resources following a spate of truck crashes.

Terri Butler said the labour hire firms were seeking to treat her differently from other members of the commission.

Labor MP turned umpire targeted over ‘same job, same pay’ support

Fair Work Commission deputy president Terri Butler is facing legal action that could stop her dealing with key parts of Labor’s agenda on the grounds of apprehended bias.

Opposition workplace relations spokeswoman Michaelia Cash said the same job same laws were of limited relevance to the broader workforce.

No repeal, but Coalition open to changing ‘same job same pay’ laws

A Dutton government would assess changes to Labor’s laws as part of a review originally agreed to by the Albanese government, even as Peter Dutton ruled out repealing the legislation.

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