A Fair Work Commission member has offered a "simpler" approach to determining whether workers' employment ended at the employer's initiative in cases involving alleged abandonment of employment.

BHP's Pilbara port operations are facing the real prospect of grinding to a halt, after employees in its key iron ore export hub overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action, following six months of what they claim have been "fruitless" enterprise negotiations.

NT Corrections has for the third time failed to halt prison officer strikes, with the FWC finding that the industrial action is protected and the UWU has complied with its assurances that it would protect the safety of prisoners.

The FWC has urged the operator of Melbourne's rail network to review its approach to s-xual harassment claims after a "troubling" finding that representatives from its HR department could not pinpoint who had carriage of a complaint and struggled to identify relevant policies and procedures.

A barrister who moonlights as an umpire can proceed with her general protections claim against Tennis Australia after the FWC determined that TA employed her as a casual when it blocked her access to tournaments for allegedly breaching undertakings to never criticise its management of the sport.

Inpex is seeking FWC intervention to stop industrial action that it claims is threatening the national and NT economies, the LNG export industry and the health and safety of local gas customers.

The ASU will today seek a 35% work value pay rise for 300,000 SCHADS award-covered community and disability workers, following a two-year pause after the FWC refused to integrate it within the tribunal's broader gender-based undervaluation case.

The Australian Industry Group says the Albanese Government's changes to procurement arrangements that enable it to prefer suppliers with enterprise agreements is "deeply alarming and concerning", while an academic expert says the amendment is consistent with the responsible use of taxpayer funds and its role as a model employer.

A worker demonstrated his "unreasonable blasé approach" to national security by writing code for a Department of Defence project on his personal computer in breach of his company's policies, the FWC has found in upholding his dismissal.

A FWC full bench has held that a worker's inclusion of s-xual harassment allegations predating the commencement of new intervention powers did not justify dismissing her dispute application, allowing her to again pursue a certificate to take her claims to the Federal Court.