UPDATE, 8.30am: THE CFMEU is calling for a government inquiry into Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) tendering procedures after the collapse of the second sub-contractor on the Pacific Highway upgrade.
Initial investigations by the CFMEU into the most recent collapse this week suggest a sub-contractor may have fraudulently provided statutory declarations claiming to have paid all workers’ entitlements so as to continue on the job.
Earlier this week Ostwald Brothers went into voluntary liquidation owing workers wages, backpay and legal entitlements such as superannuation and annual leave.
CFMEU Northern Organiser Dean Rielly said principal contractor’s were obligated to ensure any sub-contractors they hired were up to d…
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