In a default judgment, a federal court has ordered the UAE consulate to pay an Australian worker almost $205,000 in penalties, compensation, interest and costs for s-x discrimination and adverse action, after her employer forced her to br-astfeed in a storeroom, store her milk in a suitcase filled with ice, and denied her unpaid parental leave, before dismissing her.
UWU national president Jo Schofield has launched her own election campaign, after secretary Tim Kennedy threw his support behind a rank and file member for president.
The FWC has refused to stay a senior member's proposal to unilaterally alter an education and care provider's agreement to boost the pay of service leaders, rejecting the employer's claim that it will cause confusion and resentment if its appeal later succeeds.
The FWC has upheld the Victorian WorkCover Authority’s dismissal of a health and safety inspector suffering from complex PTSD because he could not perform the inherent requirements of his role.
A former NSW Transport worker "red flagged" as unsuitable for re-employment must pay $68,000 in legal costs, after a tribunal found he vexatiously pursued a victimisation case to annoy or embarrass the State's Transport Secretary.
RAFFWU is accusing Berkelouw and Harry Hartog bookstores in a Federal Court case of taking unlawful retaliatory adverse action against its members after they took protected industrial action while bargaining to replace a long-expired deal.
There is no evidence to support the RBA's view that an overheated labour market is driving up the cost of living, as wages remain suppressed by COVID-19-driven inflation, according to labour economist Jim Stanford.
The FWC has made tart observations about relying on no-win, no-fee lawyers and agents in refusing to extend time by seven months for a worker allegedly unfairly sacked for disclosing a medicinal cannabis prescription for pain relief.
The FWO's alleged failure to meet the "high standard" expected of model litigants is not a factor to be weighed when deciding whether to impose costs orders, the Federal Court ruled today.
Victoria's public school teachers are voting on a possible full-day strike next month, as the AEU pushes for a 35% pay rise and accuses the Allan Labor Government of disrespecting them by failing to make an offer, while the union has separately suggested trialling a four-day work week.
