Queensland's Crisafulli Government has quietly removed worker representatives and expert members from the State's work health and safety board and appointed replacements that include Red Union Support Hub director Jack McGuire, as the unregistered organisation faces sham contracting allegations.
A FWC expert panel is seeking feedback before it entrenches a "world-first" pay and conditions floor for food and grocery delivery gig workers, ensuring they earn at least $31.30 an hour for "engaged time" while flagging potential adjustments once it determines related claims.
The FWC has made a distinction between when a worker "lodged" and "filed" an unfair dismissal application, accepting it complied with the 21-day time limit, even though she she only submitted a complete file 41 days late.
Queensland's peak union body has accused the Crisafulli Government of "blind ideology" over a proposed building and construction code it claims impinges on Federal laws and regulates workplace relations through procurement, calling on Canberra to intervene.
A FWC full bench has affirmed that small businesses have the same obligations as large employers when consulting over redundancies, throwing out a tile importer's appeal against orders to pay more than $30,000 to a former sales representative.
The FWC has rejected a manager's general protections dismissal dispute claim after finding that she waited too long to withdraw a resignation supposedly given "in a state of distress" and holding that the employer's knowledge of her tendency "to make 'emotional' decisions" had no relevance.
A council's desire to have a senior planning team member pass on his wisdom in-person provided reasonable business grounds to refuse his request to work at home for all but six days a month, the FWC has found.
