A former Labor MP turned senior member of the workplace umpire is facing legal action that could stop her dealing with “same job, same pay” cases due to her parliamentary attacks on labour hire pay as a rort.
Three labour hire firms facing union bids to lift pay at Glencore and Whitehaven mines in NSW are taking Fair Work Commission deputy president Terri Butler to the Federal Court on grounds of apprehended bias based on her past comments as a politician.
