An auditor for the HSU's Victorian no.1 branch under Diana Asmar's leadership had "an inherent conflict of interest", because he undertook branch audits while serving as director for two union-owned companies and managing the Asmar family's tax and superannuation, the FWC has found.
A cancer-stricken helicopter pilot who hadn't worked in more than three years still had six months of long service leave owing when sacked for supposedly "frustrating" his contract, the FWC has found.
Hundreds of Sydney Trains signallers and controllers are in line for average payouts of about $40,000 under an $18.1 million class action settlement resolving allegations it failed to recognise handovers and actual hours worked, or to provide proper breaks.
A senior FWC member has upheld the sacking of a prison guard for propositioning a colleague, but not before describing his multinational employer's investigation of the matter as "woeful".
Victorian public school teachers have voted to accept the Carroll Government's 28.3% to 32.4% over four years pay offer and a one-off $2000 bonus, and have called off an imminent strike.
The FWC has extended time for a rigger to pursue his alleged sacking because of a union campaign targeting "unskilled backpackers" who supposedly secured offshore jobs ahead of experienced gas and oil workers.
A court has suppressed a former Commonwealth Bank senior executive's originating application and statement of claim for his breach of terms and conditions case, after the employer argued their publication would "imperil" the success of mediation.
The MEU has won a new SJSP order for labour hire blast crew workers at a Hunter Valley coal mine, with the FWC finding their current work falls under the host deal despite plans for them to become supervising shotfirers in charge.
A NSW IRC full bench has upheld a ruling that a sacked interpreter breached a Commission practice note by failing to seek leave to file AI-generated material that then turned out to be inaccurate, warning that unrepresented applicants cannot expect leniency after such transgressions.
