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.
The FWC has emphasised its "high bar" for extending time, finding no basis to accept a general protections claim submitted at the last minute but received 16 seconds late, nor another lodged just four seconds beyond the 21-day statutory deadline.
The FWC will soon mandate disclosure of whether generative artificial intelligence has been used to make applications, in the face of the growing use of AI tools contributing to "unsustainable" workloads and no sign of it "plateauing out", according to its president, who is also pushing for a single legislative reform to turn back the tide.
The FWC has upheld Pacific National's sacking of a train driver, finding that "clear and compelling" CCTV footage showed that he twice jokingly performed an offensive salute, rather than an "all clear" hand signal.
Universities should be required to set targets and report on measures to boost diversity in leadership and governance roles, with "cultural load" allowances also recommended, in a major AHRC study revealing one in five academic staff have suffered direct racism.
In another ruling underlining the Federal Court's predilection for keeping early-stage Fair Work court cases under wraps, it has suppressed the originating application, statement of claim and other documents lodged by a divisional marketing director of luxury goods company LVMH.
Employers should be required to consider compensating or giving additional leave to workers who are unable to work from home, to offset savings remote workers make on commuting costs, a police union has told the inquiry into the Greens' WFH Bill.
Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has intervened in the FWC's consideration of a same-job, same-pay dispute over protected rates of pay, telling a full bench today that on-hire workers at a Queensland coal mine should not be paid any less than directly employed workers with the same skills and experience.
Tasmania's peak business group says it is behind a coordinated campaign that prompted Launceston council to backtrack on an Australian-first in-principle deal enshrining a 30.4-hour four-day work week.
