A workplace racial vilification complaint has failed because it did not meet the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act's requirement that it involve a "public act", in a ruling that also found the self-represented employee a dishonest witness because of his reliance on artificial intelligence to prepare and run his case.
The FSU is pushing the Commonwealth Bank for agreement-enshrined limits on its ability to monitor workers and use the data, claiming outdated laws are otherwise giving employers "free rein" to monitor every keystroke or conversation and keep tabs on toilet breaks.
Victoria's Allan Government has today promised to introduce the nation's "toughest workplace surveillance protection laws" if it is returned at November's election.
The FSU says it is embedding "trailblazing" AI clauses in agreements, as the FWC approves an Aware Super deal promising only a human will make key employment-related decisions, and another industry fund is seeking a variation that spells out its consultation obligations ahead of adopting the technology.
Google AI's unfounded suggestions that an unfair dismissal ruling set a "dangerous precedent" and established an "unsafe principle" highlight the technology's limitations, a FWC full bench has found today.
Uber and Uber Eats gig workers who appear to have used generative AI to challenge their deactivations have failed to win extra time to pursue unfair dismissal applications they lodged five to seven years late.
A judge has fired a shot across the bow of litigants relying on "sycophantic" AI to run their cases, observing that a delivery driver alleging adverse action came "perilously close" to being held in contempt after failing to produce evidence found to be either mischaracterised or non-existent.
The "unprecedented" AI-driven rise in the FWC's caseload has now pushed average clearance rates up from less than four weeks to more than six weeks, and while the Commission is taking action to respond, it concedes it would be easier to "catch the wind" than to curb the technology.
An academic says employers' use of multi-functional AI systems without including HR and workers in decision-making is handing power to algorithms, tech vendors and IT teams, creating far-reaching "unintended consequences".
