A judge has criticised the FWO for seeking "excessive" penalties against two restaurant businesses and reduced the penalties from the $250,000 the FWO sought to just $32,000 after it emerged that their director is broke and had been contemplating suicide.
A Federal Court judge has halved a litigation funder's claimed portion of $98 million paid to "misled" 7-Eleven franchisees, finding that even if he agreed with its calculations, he lacked the power to make commission-based common fund orders after settlements are agreed.
A High Court majority has ruled that caps on union spending in NSW by-elections are unconstitutional, finding they "impermissibly burden" freedom of communication on governmental and political matters.
The ABCC might be gone, but its legacy continues, with the Federal Court fining the CFMMEU and six officials more than $300,000 for entry breaches on a highway upgrade in 2018.
A FWC bench will decide whether NSW rail employees receive an extra pay bump after long and fractious negotiations with the Perrottet Government ended with the approval of a new deal late on Friday.
A 63-year-old worker's summary "time theft" sacking has been upheld after the FWC ruled that his multinational employer's HR team lacked the firepower to argue its case against a union's experienced industrial advocate.
As Telstra next week prepares to defend a Federal Court class action on behalf of employees who refused to comply with its COVID-19 vaccination policy, the FWC has held that it met consultation requirements and "bent over backwards" to ensure fairness before sacking a worker with a moral objection to being jabbed.
A manager's email to a client suggesting a listed company might be overcharging almost $70,000 a month constituted a valid dismissal reason, as did sending a confidential document to a former employee even though it was discovered post-sacking, the FWC has held.
The FWC has confirmed that unions applying for a MSD can demonstrate support for bargaining by subsequently providing individual declarations from workers who did not initially cast a vote.
