A decorated scientist whose job offer was withdrawn after becoming the subject of a workplace investigation has failed to persuade the FWC that despite the absence of a signed contract, an all-staff announcement and time spent at meetings related to the role established an employment relationship.
A union member acting as a maintenance contractor's health and safety representative has won interim reinstatement while the Federal Court weighs claims that the company sacked him for raising complaints about everything from silica dust exposure to welding fumes and fatigue management.
Marles staffer settles bullying dispute; $70K fine for Qube; Next ECEC "batch" approved; and Public servant protections not reliant on uniforms: Inquiry.
The FWC has thrown out a general protections claim after finding that Sculpture by the Sea "paused" a casual installer's employment but did not dismiss him, while it sought to resolve a number of safety and "cultural" issues that he raised.
A FWC full bench has overturned a commissioner's decision to "unilaterally" and without warning "administratively close" a general protections claim based on his incorrect belief that the parties had reached a settlement.
More working days lost, as PABOs burgeon; Super Retail suppression orders upheld; Most rapid membership growth in youngest workers: ACTU; and NSW IRC seminar on awards.
A FWC full bench has found a presidential member denied two workers procedural fairness when he took the "precipitous step" of dismissing their general protections applications before they received his email warning he might do so because of their failure to lodge submissions in reply.
An employer forced a burlesque performer to resign from her "dream job" as a result of its late payment of wages and the business's "persistent disorganisation", the FWC has found.
A FWC employee should have consulted a Commission member before providing incorrect advice that resulted in a worker filing his general protections claim a month late, the tribunal has found.
The "clear and unambiguous" wording of a separation certificate confirmed an on-hire worker's dismissal, regardless of the labour supplier's intention, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
