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Harwood Bridge contract suspended after serious breach

There is an ongoing investigation into a sub-contractor for the Harwood Bridge over a breach of the Fair Work Act

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03rd Aug. 2018 11:08 AM

Large cranes used to lift girders for the new bridge at Harwood as part of the Pacific Highway upgrade.

Turnbull's Eureka moment bans flag from sites

The ABCC is merely a taxpayer-funded vehicle for the Liberal Party's culture war against unions, says CFMEU's Dave...

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05th Feb. 2018 4:02 PM

Building and construction workers rally in Melbourne last year against the Turnbull Government's reintroduction of the Australian Building and Construction Commission.

'Will pay $20 for someone to clean my bong'

YOU can find someone to do pretty much anything on popular “side gig” app Airtasker. A Senate inquiry into the platform was...

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08th Sept. 2017 4:09 PM

Lettuce farm contractor short-changes almost 100 overseas workers

DOZENS of international students and working holiday visa-holders are among farm workers in regional Queensland who have...

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28th June 2016 2:06 PM

The Fair Work Ombudsman discovered Team Search Harvesting paid its employees under a piece-rate agreement to pick lettuce.

Small businesses call for a simple Fair Work Act

ALMOST two in three SMEs support a simpler Fair Work Act, according to the latest MYOB SME Snapshot survey released today.

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23rd Feb. 2016 10:02 AM

Abetz launches Fair Work Act inquiry

JUST six days out from Christmas, the government has launched its inquiry into the Fair Work Act, inviting submissions to...

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19th Dec. 2014 8:12 PM

Two CQ men win David and Goliath case against mining giant

TWO CQ coalminers have won their long-running unfair dismissal case against BHP Billiton Mitsubishi with the Federal...

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07th Aug. 2013 9:08 AM

Hardware staff to get $140k back pay

RETAIL workers at hardware stores all over regional Queensland will share in nearly $140,000 in back pay after a Fair Work...

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26th June 2013 1:06 PM

Fair Work Ombudsman found that 139 businesses, or 38%, were not meeting workplace laws.

Amendments to Fair Work Act fail to gather support

CHANGES to the Fair Work Act that the Gillard Government and Coalition have been arguing over are unlikely to pass.

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04th June 2013 6:06 PM

Rob Oakeshott could not support the current bill without full bipartisan support for all amendments to the Act.

War over a legislative paragraph continues as jobs go

AS FEDERAL and State ministers wage a war of words over a legislative paragraph, 35 Fraser Coast public health workers face...

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30th May 2013 5:05 AM

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