The FWC has awarded almost $25,000 to a former nightclub bookkeeper after finding that the company did not sufficiently remove her ex-husband and majority owner from the decision to sack her for mistakenly posting a t-pless photo in a workplace WhatsApp group.
The nursing union is prosecuting an aged care provider it accuses of over-counting the "care minutes" that are a key part of the Albanese Government's reforms to lift standards in the sector.
A worker's one-day-late general protections claim can proceed, after the FWC accepted that the AMWU's withdrawal from representing him just two days before the filing deadline left him "temporarily incapacitated".
The FWC will insert a working from home term in the clerical award that provides for employees to request WFH arrangements, but it has found no basis for a "major regulatory intervention" to compel employers to act.
The FWC has found that Woolworths' managers did not bully an employee when it put her under "undue pressure" as it sought to lift her department's performance, but suggested the retail giant undertake "more proactive intervention" to address issues in the workplace.
An executive on a major Victorian Government infrastructure project who accepted a large severance package could not "seriously" contend he departed reluctantly when he elected to pocket a $50,000 payment instead of taking part in a further redeployment process, the FWC has found.
The FWC has ordered an alpine resort operator to pay $14,000 to a former general manager sacked over allegations he covertly overpaid his partner and allowed staff to drive company vehicles while drunk or high on drugs.
The FWC has ordered the reinstatement of a worker sacked while on remand as he faced stalking and domestic violence charges, finding his employer's reliance on the criminal allegations "premature" and "unjust".
A NSW IRC full bench has upheld a ruling that a sacked interpreter breached a Commission practice note by failing to seek leave to file AI-generated material that then turned out to be inaccurate, warning that unrepresented applicants cannot expect leniency after such transgressions.
Property advisory business Savills has failed to persuade the Federal Court to throw out all of a senior employee's claims of discrimination, victimisation and "extreme and repetitive" s-xual harassment by a managing director.