Voice for workers at productivity event
ACTU secretary Sally McManus says the discussion about productivity has for too long been dominated by economic models.
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Revealed: Inside CFMEU’s ‘cruel and violent’ regime that targeted kids
More than five CFMEU organisers in Queensland have been moved on in the wake of a damning inquiry that accused the union’s former state leadership of running a ‘violent, cruel, misogynistic’ regime that targeted children.
Backdate same job orders at mines
Mitch Hughes wants law changes to allow same job same pay orders to be backdated to deter employers dragging out union claims,
Unions win landmark test case against BHP for ‘same job, same pay’
Fair Work rejects the mining giant’s opposition to pay rises in a test of the Labor government’s laws encouraging equal pay for labour-hire workers doing the same job as the directly employed.
Sacked council worker: it’s time for clean sweep
Shaun Turner says he is unlikely to seek a job back at Melbourne’s Darebin Council, but is considering his options, adding his wife is ‘always on my back to go back to work’.
Small business review ‘a pitiful sham’: bosses
Employers fuming after Fair Work Ombudsman refused to state an opinion about whether the current small business definition was appropriate.
Questions for 20 centres as safety overhaul demanded
Twenty childcare centres across Victoria are under investigation amid calls for systemic reform.
Multi-employer win for cultural workers
First public sector multi-employer agreement under Labor’s workplace laws delivers pay rises for 1800 workers.
Sacked street sweeper: I’m pale, stale and male, but I speak for silent majority
WATCH | In his first comments since he successfully challenged his dismissal for objecting to an acknowledgement of country, Shaun Turner believes his win struck a chord and laments changes in the modern workplace.
Sacked council worker on golf holiday when boss did discrimination courses for him
A Melbourne council relied on records showing a street sweeper had completed modules to justify his sacking for objecting to an acknowledgement of country — but he was on leave at the time the courses were completed.
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