A deputy president has scathingly rebuked a Woolworths worker upset at a colleague suggesting he cover up his "plumber's crack" for bringing an unmeritorious general protections application, lamenting the lack of "effective disincentive for speculative claims" that are fuelling the FWC's "burgeoning caseload".
A senior early childhood teacher summarily dismissed after being told to be more tolerant of racist and N-zi views has won compensation of more than $41,000.
Speakers at an IR conference have emphasised the importance of early, transparent consultations when introducing automation and AI-related change, but a lawyer says locking into a formal process too soon is risky.
In a significant decision on the meaning of "full rate of pay" under same-job, same-pay laws and the FWC's powers to arbitrate related disputes, a Commission full bench has found that a big mining company must count service prior to SJSP orders when determining on-hire workers' classifications.
A court has ordered the FWO to pay costs for its "very late" and unexplained abandonment of an underpayments case, while highlighting its failure to "grapple" with the case's underlying problems.
The SDA has cried foul about the FWC's recent decision requiring award-covered retail, fast food and pharmacy workers aged 18 to 20 to work six months with an employer before earning full adult pay - claiming the bench sprung the idea on it without warning - and proposing a further variation to address the "absurd" consequences.
The FWC is hearing an ETU same-job, same-pay bid to close an alleged 25% pay gap for Monadelphous employees working on Inpex's offshore Ichthys LNG facility in the Browse Basin.
NSW IR Minister Sophie Cotsis says more resources are on the way to help the State IRC manage its burgeoning jurisdiction, as Vice President David Chin predicts it will need more than 11 extra decision makers once it gains momentum as the gateway for workers' psychological injury compensation claims.
FWC general manager Murray Furlong has launched a new action against former HSU leader Diana Asmar, pushing for her to be banned from holding union positions because she allegedly took reprisal action against "several individuals" who made protected disclosures about the union's governance and financial management.
