David Marin-Guzman

The University of Melbourne has agreed to overhaul its compliance systems in an underpayment settlement that the regulator says sets the bar for large employers.

The ACTU says a return to collective bargaining under the Albanese government has helped unions increase their membership to 13 per cent of the workforce.

A union membership increase bucking a decade of decline is entirely due to public sector growth, concealing a new low in the private sector.

Former legal counsel claims she was retrenched in May because Chris Ellison believed she would make a whistleblower complaint.

The Federal Court has effectively stood aside controversial Health Workers Union boss Diana Asmar after finding there was a serious question over her alleged attempts to target union staff who she regarded as “traitors”.

An executive employed at a financial services firm has claimed she was subject to an anonymous and unspecified performance investigation and then quickly fired because she refused a direction to work while on personal leave.

Ousted CFMEU NSW secretary Darren Greenfield and his son and former deputy received almost $1 million in union members' money over three years in regular payments that had no clear lines of approval.

Ex-CFMEU officials, including former NSW leader Darren Greenfield, are on a union-related fund that controls several million dollars, some five months since the union went into administration.

A further delay means that ousted CFMEU NSW secretary Darren Greenfield is yet to be committed to trial almost four years since charges were laid.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has promised better protection for whistleblowers in the construction industry and a crackdown on criminals in labour