Court says unionists may have to pay fines personally

Kerry Smith
February 22, 2018
Issue 
1170
News
Joe Myles.

The High Court ruled on February 14 that a CFMEU official can be ordered to pay a penalty personally, overturning a Federal Court decision that allowed the union to pay the fine on their behalf.

In 2013, CFMEU organiser Joe Myles and about 20 other people blockaded the main entrance to the Regional Rail Link project site.

In 2016, the Federal Court fined Myles $18,000 and the union was fined $60,000. The Federal Court ruled that the CFMEU could reimburse Myles, but the ABCC challenged that decision in the High Court, where it was overruled.

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Workers & unions
Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)
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Joe Myles

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