The Federal Government cannot leave it to under-resourced courts and tribunals like the FWC to tackle the "wickedly hard problem" of dealing with artificial intelligence and must provide leadership and funding to work towards a harmonised approach, according to Greens leader David Shoebridge.
It would be "reckless" for the Federal Government to establish a procurement framework that favours companies with union agreements before Victoria's royal commission into the construction sector is completed, according to the Business Council.
Tugboat operator Svitzer Australia must pay $15,000 damages to a former port manager sacked because its national HR manager perceived him as "not grateful enough" about efforts to ensure his continuing employment during a restructure.
A manager has failed to convince the FWC that she had no choice but to resign, after she chose not to engage in mediation with the chief executive or pursue a formal complaint process.
The Queensland IRC has upheld a government agency's refusal of a senior manager's flexible work request, finding it "particularly unjustifiable" given she supervised 32 workers and sought to be absent during core working hours.
The Federal Court has refused to treat court documents sent to an employer's former lawyers as effective service after the employer moved to the United Kingdom, but has allowed the worker involved to send the documents via WhatsApp.
The SDA has welcomed a 68% "yes" vote for a Bunnings agreement, but will ask the FWC to address some alleged deficiencies via undertakings, while RAFFWU is celebrating what it says is the largest ever "no" vote in the hardware giant's bargaining history.
Queensland's IRC has directed a government agency to freshly review an intelligence analyst's employment status after it gave insufficient reasons for rejecting his request for permanent appointment to a higher-level position he acted in.
A FWC full bench has quashed a certificate sending a general protections case involving dismissal to court after a member failed to determine an employer's objection that a worker quit, before recent Fair Work Act amendments removed the requirement.
The High Court's refusal to hear an appeal against the Giggle for Girls v Tickle ruling means employers cannot exclude transgender women when they seek to hire women to address historic under-representation in the workforce, a human rights law expert says.
