FWC reactivates Uber driver accused of harassment

The FWC has ordered Uber Eats to reactivate a driver who offered a customer money to kiss him, finding it failed to "squarely" provide him the details of the allegations.


FWC won't be party to redundancy cut: Senior member

A NDIS-registered medical provider's "frivolous" spending on "staff wellbeing" birthday celebrations and "recklessness" in hiring new staff while struggling to meet a speech pathologist's redundancy entitlements has helped undo its bid to slash her payout.


Labor appoints replacement for DEWR's James

The Albanese Government has appointed an outsider to replace Natalie James as the secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, following her sudden exit last year.


"Extreme heat" story back online; Real wages reversing; & more

"Extreme heat" story back online; Date set for FWO's SRG prosecution; Labour productivity down in 2024-25; Real wages to go backwards until mid-2027; ACTU to press for higher pay rises to tackle housing costs; and Senate votes down anti-price-gouging Bill.


UWU leaders at loggerheads in election race

Divisions have opened up in the leadership of the UWU as elections approach, with national secretary Tim Kennedy backing a rank and file member for president in the upcoming election, rather than the incumbent, Jo-anne Schofield.


NSW compo Bill passes; Digital Work Bill on runway

NSW Parliament has passed what the Minns Government claims is the "most significant" reform to the State's workers compensation scheme in a generation, heading off a projected 36% increase to employer premiums in part by raising the threshold for psychological injury claims.


Builders seek to avoid "capture" by supply chain bid

Major players in the construction industry are rallying to stymie an urgent TWU application to use transport supply chain laws to pressure them as customers of concrete suppliers, ahead of talks in the FWC this morning.


Approach to bereavement leave "unreasonable": FWC

A senior FWC member has tripled the compensation sought by a worker sacked after her mother called the employer to convey in "abrupt and firm" tones that it should stop insisting on documentary evidence of a close relative's sudden death before paying bereavement leave.


NSW set to pass hard-fought workers' comp changes

The NSW Minns Labor Government is closer to winning passage of controversial Workers Compensation amendments designed to rein in claims for psychological injuries, along with a bill making it easier for unions to inspect employers' digital work systems.


"Uncharacteristic" outburst did not warrant sacking: FWC

A power industry worker who invited a colleague to continue their verbal jousting "outside" and told his supervisor to "get f--ked too" has won his job back after the FWC found his actions out of character in circumstances where he faced significant family health issues and "banter" was part of the workplace culture.


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