The FWC has ordered compensation for an unfairly sacked WesTrac specialist who altered a leave claim to secure payment for public holidays during the Stokes family-controlled company's end-of-year shutdown period.
Underpayments spike as FWO calls for end to "adversarialism"; FWC launches sexual harassment tool; Reinstatement for "phat arse" worker; SCHADS pay rises deferred; and ANMF wins scope orders for aged care nurses.
An accounting firm that knowingly misled a Fair Work Inspector investigating its exploitative cashback scheme has been ordered to pay total penalties of $177,000 by the Federal Circuit and Family Court.
A meat union delegate who has had hundreds of thousands of dollars in employer penalties paid into his union's coffers has added almost $90,000 more to his tally, this time from Woolworths.
A judge has questioned the FWO's "vigour" in seeking penalties against an "impoverished" dairy business whose owner is already struggling to make $300 weekly instalments to compensate an underpaid worker.
The FWC has temporarily increased the vehicle-related allowances in the SCHADS and aged care awards to compensate workers for the fuel price surge from the Middle East conflict, but has declined to make the change in 39 other awards.
A FWC full bench has refused to delay the phasing-in of junior rates changes, while rejecting SDA arguments that a six-month qualifying period before 18 to 20-year-old retail, fast food and pharmacy workers receive full adult pay should be based on their time under an award rather than length of service with an individual employer.
Hundreds of Sydney Trains signallers and controllers are in line for average payouts of about $40,000 under an $18.1 million class action settlement resolving allegations it failed to recognise handovers and actual hours worked, or to provide proper breaks.
Uber Eats, Door Dash and the TWU have welcomed "world-leading" minimum standards for food-delivery gig workers setting a $31.30 hourly earnings floor for engaged time from Monday, with the FWC describing the rates as interim ahead of a review that will consider "proper cost-recovery rates".
High Court rebuffs academic pay challenge; "No guarantee" lawyers will respond before deadline, says FWC; ABC presenter free to contest sacking; and Bench rejects consolidation order appeal.
