The meat union has launched a Federal Court representative-style proceeding on behalf of cleaners at a Steggles poultry processing facility, alleging it engaged them at the lowest award classification to perform tasks such as removing blood and guts from the "kill floor" and boning room, when they should have been paid at a higher grade.

A senior employment and IR law academic has admitted to committing a serious criminal offence.

The CPSU has officially rejected the Albanese Government's pay offer of 9% over three years for federal public servants after members overwhelmingly shunned it in a snap union poll.

A FWC full bench has weighed whether an employer discontinued an application to approve an enterprise agreement to circumvent the Fair Work Act's power to unilaterally rewrite substandard conditions, while it has refused a union's request to extend time to consider the deal, after changes in the underlying award to address gender undervaluation "radically" changed the circumstances.

An employer has withdrawn from a multi-employer supported bargaining authorisation covering a group of Victorian disability service providers after making significant changes to its business model.

A solicitor engaged by a law firm as a “partner” has defeated a jurisdictional objection to her general protections involving dismissal claim, after the FWC found the reality of her working arrangements reflected an employment relationship.

Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth has told a Senate Estimates hearing that the watchdog is yet to refer any criminal underpayments to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, nearly two years after the wage theft offence's introduction.

Employment law barristers Rebecca Davern, Alexander Solomon-Bridge and Hilary Bonney are part of the latest 15-strong crop of SCs announced by the Victorian Bar Association.

A FWC presidential member has likened the Fair Work Act's unfair deactivation provisions to a 1993 movie that is a popular culture symbol of endless, pointless repetition, saying the excessively complex laws clash with the statutory mandate for the tribunal to perform its functions in a manner that is "quick, informal and avoids unnecessary technicalities".

A FWC full bench has upheld an order for an employee to pay the maximum amount of costs permitted under the Fair Work Regulations, after he unreasonably "persisted" with his unfair dismissal claim despite knowing he did not meet the qualifying period, due to his misguided reliance on artificial intelligence.