The leadership of the nursing and midwifery union was last month left reeling when members rejected an earlier deal they were expected to accept.
A Federal Court judge said the construction union’s record showed a “general disregard” for workplace laws after three officials were fined over breaches.
Director of Public Prosecutions Raelene Sharp,KC,received a pay rise after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wrote to the independent Remuneration Tribunal to assist in its review of the pay packet.
The militant unionist’s bid to oust former construction watchdog Stephen McBurney from his AFL job is backed in by his national CFMEU counterpart. But the ACTU chief refused to comment.
Workers are keen to look for work elsewhere as most do not believe they are paid enough,according to Australia’s largest report on salary trends.
Some of the country’s most elite schools,like Sydney’s SCEGGS Darlinghurst and Melbourne’s Scotch College,want to retain the “flexibility” they require from staff.
Freshly let go from my own job,I sought out other women who’d faced the same fate. What emerged was a universal truth.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled against the public broadcaster in its attempts to have the unlawful dismissal case thrown out.
The university has turned itself in to the Fair Work Ombudsman after discovering it had been underpaying casual academic staff – two years after the union first accused it of doing so.
Kathy Jackson,the former Health Services Union national secretary,claims she was left unable to work two days after the union took steps to remove her over allegations of gross misconduct.
A collapsed pay deal has left the union reeling,insulted members are calling for long-time Victorian branch secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick to stand down and its industrial action is in disarray.