Yesterday
Mining industry to spend $24m to derail IR laws
Rio Tinto, BHP and Glencore are spending big on the minerals council’s campaign to stop Labor’s “same job, same pay” laws for labour hire workers.
Rally is a ‘communication meeting’ workers should be paid for: CFMEU
Builders are calling on the workplace umpire to intervene over the CFMEU’s demands that members who attend a union rally about silica dust be paid.
This Month
Wharfie strikes causing delays that ‘could empty stores at Christmas’
The wharfies’ union has escalated industrial action at DP World terminals across the country, causing shipping delays of up to eight days.
Menulog warns of $15 price rise unless value of gig work enshrined
Managing director Morten Belling says the Closing Loopholes Bill does not recognise that workers prefer the “dynamic earnings” of gig work that lifts pay with demand.
WA LNG strike averted through 11th-hour deal
The resolution to the Chevron dispute brings to an end industrial action that has plagued WA LNG plants for over two months and sparked gas price spikes in Europe.
DoorDash fears food delivery prices could triple under gig worker laws
The on-demand delivery service claims “the sky is effectively the limit” under the government’s bill to set minimum conditions for gig workers.
Three-day dairy strike to upset milk supplies
More than 150 truck drivers for dairy giant Saputo have walked off the job for 48 hours and are set to be followed by 1400 Victorian dairy processing workers.
Team Global Express supervisor took scotch, deck reno from truckies
A Melbourne dispatcher took the Christine Holgate-led company to the Fair Work Commission claiming unfair dismissal.
Unions refuse to back down on Chevron LNG strikes
Chevron workers have gone against the umpire’s recommendations to cancel industrial action this Thursday.
‘The work starts now’: Voice advocates demand action
Politicians must urgently begin new efforts to close the disadvantage gap faced by Indigenous people, according to leading Yes campaigners.
Uber warns of 85pc price rise under Labor’s gig economy laws
Modelling by the digital platform shows it may have to lift rideshare and food delivery prices by 60 to 85 per cent if it’s forced to pay gig workers penalty rates.
Wharfies union withdraws Qube bans after ‘secondary boycott’ claims
The logistics group had accused the wharfies union of targeting it with an illegal secondary boycott under the pretence of protected action against DP World.
Nightclub lashed for sacking staff who talked about colleague’s pay
The umpire found a high-end nightclub acted like staff who disclosed pay had broken into “a ‘Watergate complex’, stolen key IP secrets and posted them on WikiLeaks”.
CFMEU loses appeal on sacking whistleblowers
The Federal Court has rejected the CFMEU’s bid to overturn a ruling that it unlawfully sacked two officials who blew the whistle on union links to underworld figures.
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- Industrial relations
Labour hire loopholes ‘shamelessly exploited’ by ADF contractor: union
The sparkies union has called on Defence Minister Richard Marles to help stop Downer from outsourcing ADF jobs, saying it clashes with proposed labour laws.
New workplace watchdog backs ‘collaborative’ approach to wage theft
Anna Booth, the newly appointed Fair Work Ombudsman, says her tendency is to be “cooperative and collaborative”, potentially signalling a shift in strategy that could better engage business.
Hancock, Lynas claim labour hire laws a risk to mine projects
The CEOs of key WA miners told a Senate inquiry the government’s labour hire laws will threaten billions of dollars in investment, but later admitted the laws do not apply to them.
Unions threaten to restart Chevron LNG strikes
The unions have accused the gas giant of reneging on a deal that led it to pause rolling stoppages at Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG facilities last month.
Tony Burke’s department moves to strike
Staff at the department dealing with the government’s sweeping industrial relations bill could be walking off the job over pay within weeks.
Bosses could shun bargaining to avoid ‘same pay’ laws: union
The Australian Workers’ Union has echoed business concerns in warning Labor’s labour hire laws will act as a “clear disincentive” to enterprise bargaining.
