Vic women escape jail after commission lie

Two Melbourne women have been handed good behaviour bonds after they lied to the trade union royal commission.

Lisa Zanatta, of Point Cook, and Maria Butera, of Hadfield, are former employees of Cbus superannuation, the construction industry super fund.

The misleading evidence they gave to the commission in 2014 was related to confidential member information allegedly leaked to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union.

A dispute had arisen between the CFMEU and construction firm Lis-Con over alleged unpaid superannuation, the County Court of Victoria heard on Friday.

Zanatta and Butera were involved in the delivery of confidential member data relating to a number of Lis-Con employees to the union, Judge Liz Gaynor said.

The women lied to the commission about it, before eventually coming clean.

Judge Gaynor said their offending was serious and had the potential to undermine the justice system.

But it wasn't appropriate to jail Zanatta and Butera, given their total lack of criminal history, impressive working history, evident remorse and eventual co-operation.

"It is highly unlikely either of you will ever offend again," Judge Gaynor said.

The women have both been sacked by Cbus.

Butera, 55, was handed a 14-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to three counts of giving false evidence and was released immediately on a $2000 recognisance release order.

Zanatta, 45, was given a $1800 order and released with a 13-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of the same charge.