In a significant decision on apportioning blame for safety breaches, the FWC has ordered the reinstatement of a supervisor for confectioner Mars after finding a HR manager conducted a "too narrow" investigation of the aftermath of an incident involving a forklift piercing an 850kg carton of mints.
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The first test case for the delegates' rights provisions legislated by the Albanese Government is set to be heard in the Federal Court in Brisbane next week.
FWC has rejected a registered nurse's claim that an aged care home general manager bullied her by reducing her hours and allegedly banning her from picking up extra shifts when she complained of "burnout".
In a case sent straight to a full bench by President Adam Hatcher, the FWC has rejected an aged care employer's argument that an expired agreement should be axed because it is "unfair" to nurses who would better off under the award.
Labor has softened its position on a single national system for regulation of labour hire, in the draft policy platform adopted at last week's national conference in Adelaide.
UWU-incumbent team United For You has revealed its ticket ahead of the national convention that begins today, during which it will use its majority to elect a new executive, with the union set to be led by long-serving officials Gary Bullock and Lyndal Ryan.
Labor's triennial national conference has today amended the party's national policy platform to support changes to streamline multi-employer bargaining, and work towards lifting paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 52 and clamp down on so-called "sham" unions.
In another FWC case blighted by AI, a senior member has lamented the time wasted by tribunal staff and an employer as a result of a self-represented worker's citing of three supposedly pertinent decisions, two of them irrelevant and one that "simply did not exist".
