In the first fully contested Federal Court case to consider new s-xual harassment protections in the Fair Work Act, a judge has relied heavily on a FIFO apprentice's dinnertime revelation to her parents that her supervisor asked her for a "bl-w job" to find he s-xually harassed her.
ARN Media Limited will pay sacked KIIS FM broadcaster Kyle Sandilands more than $12 million and provide further support of $1.5 million to settle his general protections and breach of contract claims, but the parallel case brought by his co-host, Jackie 'O' Henderson, remains on foot, it told the ASX today.
A recruiter has failed to win $50,000 compensation from Bluescope Steel for allegedly sacking him following his complaints about being bullied by its HR team, after a judge took into account that he had previously lied to the FWC and "embellished" his résumé.
The Fair Work Act's provisions that prescribe its geographic outer limits might serve as excellent bedtime reading for insomniacs, a FWC member has suggested after navigating them.
A barrister who moonlights as an umpire can proceed with her general protections claim against Tennis Australia after the FWC determined that TA employed her as a casual when it blocked her access to tournaments for allegedly breaching undertakings to never criticise its management of the sport.
A FWC full bench has held that a worker's inclusion of s-xual harassment allegations predating the commencement of new intervention powers did not justify dismissing her dispute application, allowing her to again pursue a certificate to take her claims to the Federal Court.
An employee pressing to solely work from home did not abandon or repudiate her employment by moving interstate against the employer's express wishes, the FWC has found.
The FWC has rejected the dismissal claim of a "combative" risk manager who accused a Rio Tinto-linked First Nations trust of forcing her to resign by subjecting her to psychological hazards, pressuring staff to work on "invasion day", and flouting her right to disconnect.
An alleged whistleblower's explosive allegations against franchising business Jim's Group may be headed for hearing, after a court gave him an extension of time and let him file an amended claim.
Workers should not think that independent contractors operate in some "unbridled utopia, free from all direction and control", a senior FWC member has observed in tossing out a psychologist's general protections case.
