A FWC expert panel has decided today to revive the contractual chain order that requires companies at the top of the supply chain to review petrol prices fortnightly and pay enough to cover owner-driver and transport businesses' increased fuel costs.
International IR tribunals to share AI challenges; PWSS knocked back Greens conduct probe, says Shoebridge; and Beefed-up MyFWC portal goes live on Monday.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected a worker's unfair dismissal appeal, finding that "only artificial intelligence" could seriously suggest that he kicked down a locked door for any reason other than anger.
The FWC has held that a bus driver cannot use a request for flexible working arrangements to transfer to a separate but related employer in another state.
The FWC has rejected a veteran bank loan manager's bid to expunge his name from all records of his failed dismissal challenge, despite accepting that it will make it difficult for him to find another job in the industry.
In the wake of the review of the Queensland IR Act, the Crisafulli Government has introduced legislation that enables the IR minister to terminate industrial action if it serves the public interest, prohibits workers from taking industrial action during conciliation or arbitration, and creates a new "fit and proper person" test for union officials.
A probationary aged care nurse has won an adverse action case after a people and culture executive sacked her without independently assessing allegations, relying instead on a manager's recommendation that had been influence by her complaints.
A new Bill introduced by the Minns Government will create same-job, same-pay protections for council workers employed under labour hire arrangements in NSW, who fall outside the federal regime.
An employer's clumsy and disorganised management practices rather than discrimination led to it giving a female employee just a few hours' notice before a job interview while her male colleagues had days to prepare, and it compounded its poor practice by then forgetting to tell her she failed to win the role, a tribunal has found.
The FWC has upheld Uber's deactivation of a driver accused of s-xual misconduct, despite expressing "significant concerns" about the company's failure to follow up with the rider whose complaint underpinned its decision.
