The AMWU is pushing for 'site rates' at a big McCains food processing plant in regional Victoria to discourage the spread of contractors and labour hire workers by ensuring they are on the same pay and conditions as employees.
Australia should scrap long service leave and move to a leave-bank system, end "short-termism" and think outside the square to develop better IR policies, according to Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum.
A CFMEU official who told a Lend Lease project manager he wanted to "smash" someone during a site visit has failed to overturn a decision to suspend his entry permit.
The FWBC is seeking an urgent injunction against the CFMEU and seven officials over strikes and stoppages on nine sites across Brisbane, including the city's tallest skyscraper.
The Turnbull Government has bowed to pressure to change its backpacker tax and will now even allocate $10 million to promote Australian working holidays by young tourists.
Commonwealth Ombudsman Colin Neave has told FWBC director Nigel Hadgkiss that he must stop telling those he interviews under the watchdog's coercive powers to keep the details confidential.
Information Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has fined Comcare $3,000 for breaching an injured public servant's privacy when it improperly shared details of his work-related injury.
A university study of international students' employment conditions in food services shows they are receiving as little as $8 an hour and a median of $17, well below the award rate of about $21.
