The NTEU says a neurodiversity clause in a medical research institute's proposed agreement represents a "cultural shift" in how workplaces provide support, committing to a proactive, low-burden approach that will not necessarily require employees to obtain an official diagnosis.
The AWU and CFMEU have made "significant progress" in their long-standing demarcation disputes with the assistance of a former FWC member, while the FWC has protocols in place to prevent Commissioner Jennifer Hunt and Vice President Ingrid Asbury from attending the tribunal's Brisbane office at the same time, tribunal officers told a Senate Estimates hearing yesterday.
Reservations about a neuroscientist's "candour" have not stopped a court from agreeing to hear his late application alleging Australia's leading brain research institute forced him to resign after he raised concerns about funding expenditure, while he at the same time defends claims that he "misused" confidential information.
In a first for the Fair Work Act's new road transport contractor regime, the FWC has ordered a courier company to enter into a new services contract with a parcel delivery driver after finding it "unwittingly" and unfairly terminated her previous one.
No evidence of "witch hunt"; Missing dismissal letter explained late application; 336 days an insurmountable barrier; No joy for sacked DUI worker on sub mission; and Poor mental health did not cover whole delay.
In what the ETU is calling a landmark judgment about trainees' rights, a full Federal Court majority has upheld penalties levied against two companies who stopped organisers entering their premises to speak to apprentices on the basis they were not at "work".
An employer had the right to sack one of the governing directors of its parent company after he chose to "go legal" instead of undergoing an independent medical examination to back up his doctor's claims that he could fulfil his sales role after a period of ill-health, the FWC has found.
Coles had a valid reason to sack a long-serving casual worker for restraining a teenage girl suspected of repeated shoplifting, but must pay $6500 compensation after a FWC finding that he did not knowingly breach the retailer's codes and policies in the "one-off" incident.
Paid parental leave, pay equity, the minimum wage and superannuation have become election battlegrounds in New Zealand, with voters going to the polls on November 7.
$110K for reinstated mineworker who didn't look for work; ASU reiterates bid for 35% pay hike; First public hearings for Kourakis Royal Commission; Coalition pledges to scrap NZEA; FWC varies SJSP order to include new employer; and Gaudron honoured.
