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RTBU "blindsided" by train drivers' demerger bid

The RTBU's Victorian branch says it is scheduled to meet this morning with its locomotive division to discuss a rule change bid that the division started to pursue before allegedly "blindsiding" the union on Friday with a demerger application.

BHP unlawfully ejected on-hire worker from mine site: Court

The Federal Court will consider whether to fine BHP Coal and order compensation after finding it took unlawful adverse action by excluding a Workpac labour hire worker because he exercised his workplace rights, including by complaining about allegedly unsafe practices.

Construction union criticises abandoned "politicised" probe

The CFMMEU's construction and general division has blasted the AFP over an investigation that has dragged on since a raid on its Queensland offices in 2015, only to be dropped last month after the police admitted errors by digital forensics officers.


Mantle Group HR manager referred to federal police

FWC general manager Murray Furlong has referred hospitality company Mantle Group's HR manager to the Australian Federal Police for possible criminal prosecution after the tribunal found he deliberately provided false or misleading information about a substandard agreement that allowed the employer to ask workers to perform voluntary additional hours without penalty rates.

Bench seeks feedback on decision to reject 35% nurse pay rise

The FWC has granted an extension for the Albanese Government, unions and employers involved in the aged care work value case to respond to 50 questions posed late last year, such as whether they agree with a provisional view not to realign rates in a way that would hand the sector's registered nurses a 35% pay increase and whether they should be moved into the aged care award.

CFMMEU and mining division make peace deal

The CFMMEU's mining energy division looks likely to be able to proceed with its plans to demerge from the broader union, after the parties reached a peace deal.

Target deal ties pay rises to minimum wage rulings

Target has paid workers a $400 lump sum bonus after they voted up a proposed four-year deal to replace its 2012 "zombie" agreement, with conditions, wages and pay rises to be tightly pinned to the retail award.

Move faster on centralised APS bargaining: CPSU

The CPSU is pushing the Albanese Government to bring forward to the start of next year its promised return to centralised bargaining for common terms and conditions in the Australian Public Sector.