FWC member and former ETU NSW branch secretary Bernie Riordan has thrown out a demand that he recuse himself from an anti-bullying case due to his alleged "connection" with a union leader named as a respondent, saying the tribunal would "grind to a halt" if it acceded to such requests.
A senior FWC member has rebuked an experienced Telstra worker for wasting the tribunal's time on a "spiteful" anti-bullying bid based on "pedantic" complaints about his manager.
A senior FWC member has navigated his way around a barrier to issuing interim anti-bullying orders, providing another option to give a Hindu temple's head priest and his employer a chance to restore harmony.
A PSA South Australia industrial officer who claimed the union decided against extending her contract because she complained about a bullying colleague has lost her adverse action claim.
A nurse and one-time member of the ANMF Victorian branch council has this week learned his quest to topple the union's incumbent leadership fell flat, had his bid to establish a rival union knocked out, and failed to convince a FWC member to recuse herself from dealing with his bullying claim.
A commissioner who holds 200 Woolworths shares has refused to recuse herself from an anti-bullying case involving the supermarket giant, because the amount of shares she owns is insignificant.
The FWC has rejected a bullying complaint after finding the Department of Finance put the worker on a three-day week, while he recovered from a previous "toxic" job, so he could spend the other two days "trying to resolve his workplace grievances".
The FWC has reinstated a "careless" Qube stevedore accused of telling a colleague he put his c-ck in their Subway sandwich and calling another a c-nt, while already on a warning for showing pictures of bikini-clad female colleagues to male co-workers.
A Victorian corruption watchdog operative's "reckless and unsafe" close pursuit of a Mercedes fleeing a minor accident warranted his dismissal, the FWC has ruled.
