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Butt out: Speculative claim sparks FWC member's ire

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".

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