A FWC full bench has upheld a $60,000-plus payout to a worker sacked after refusing to take a breath test, rejecting an employer's claim that the umpire unfairly denied its HR manager a chance to give evidence.
A FWC full bench majority has quashed a member's refusal to grant an intractable bargaining declaration for highly-paid deputies at a NSW coal mine, finding he wrongly considered that the tribunal's arbitration powers must not be "lightly engaged".
A government department has won an appeal against a finding that a QNMU delegate's decision to send confidential patient information to her home email during a dispute with her unit manager did not constitute misconduct because she did not "deliberately" breach accepted standards.
A FWC presidential member has refused an Aldi bid to stay the FWC's first use of powers to unilaterally amend proposed agreements, observing that while the retailer has arguable appeal grounds, a bench should have the chance to weigh a final decision rather than risk the prospect of multiple intervening challenges.
A FWC full bench has overturned a ruling that due to an employee's lack of award coverage, her employer - which conceded that the SCHADS award applied - had no obligation to consult her before making her redundant.
Labour hire company Skilled has appealed against a Federal Court ruling upholding FWC deputy president and former Labor MP Terri Butler's refusal to stand aside from hearing a same-job, same-pay case due to apprehended bias, despite her calling such on-hire arrangements a "rort" in parliamentary debate.
A FWC full bench has quashed a finding that a government-owned First Nations accommodation service dismissed a manager by breaking a "promise" to convert her non-continuing contract arrangement to permanent employment once she obtained Australian citizenship.
A school has failed to overturn orders to pay a former teacher maximum compensation after her dismissal for allegedly yelling at misbehaving students, after a FWC full bench found no reason to suggest any bias by the tribunal member or that his findings represented a "gross slur" on the employer's witnesses.
The Federal Government's black coal mining LSL body has lodged a High Court appeal to a full Federal Court judgment with significant implications for the eligibility of shotfiring and explosive services workers, while the CFMEU is celebrating the removal of "loopholes and cruel anomalies" in WA's construction industry portable LSL scheme.
