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.
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.
