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Substandard agreement thrown out after union intervenes
A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has thrown out an earlier decision by Commissioner Bruce Williams to approve an agreement which would have cut workers’ pay to $200 below the minimum legal rate. The Full Bench also found that the employer failed to provide an...
Insider reveals Morrison plan to pursue Ensuring Integrity Bill
Coalition insider Graeme Watson is reported as saying the Government will bring back the anti-worker Ensuring Integrity Bill, defeated in parliament in 2019. “If this government is interested in ensuring integrity in public life it should immediately bring...
Judge slams ABCC conduct in court
A Federal Court judge has slammed the ABCC, describing one of its claims as “bordering on the improper” during the prosecution of a CFMEU delegate who raised safety concerns about inadequate first aid facilities on Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project....