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FWC backs sacking of driver who failed to disclose stroke

A tram driver whose failure to disclose his stroke "strikes at the heart of the employment relationship" has failed to establish that his employer unfairly sacked him, despite one of the employer's doctors breaching confidentiality requirements to set the record straight.


15% interim rise for direct care workers in aged care

The aged care case full bench has late this afternoon accepted the work value grounds for lifting pay for "direct care" workers in the sector, awarding them an interim 15% rise.


Tribunal spikes questions about Woolies' vax consultations

The FWC has endorsed the consultation process Woolworths used before it rolled-out a group-wide COVID-19 vaccination policy, rejecting a "most unusual" unfair dismissal case in which a worker's social media sprays clashed with his claims that the company left him in the dark.


Court dismisses late harassment claim against cricketers

The Federal Court has refused an extension of almost three years for a former Cricket Tasmania receptionist to pursue allegations that former Australian test cricket captain Tim PaineĀ and other Cricket Tasmania employees s-xually harassed her between 2015 and 2017.


FWC has no stomach for lawyer's gastro excuse

A lawyer's failure to act with the "level of diligence and expertise required of a competent practitioner" caused a four-day delay in filing his client's unfair dismissal claim rather than the attack of gastroenteritis that ran through his family, the FWC has held.


Court slams gate on quick answer to rail strike question

A court has told the RTBU it will have to wait until next year to learn whether it might be exposed to damages after Sydney Trains workers bargaining for a new deal gave customers "free rides" as part of industrial action over a six-week period.


HR's efforts fail to avert severance payment obligations

A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld a finding that a labour hire company must make redundancy payments to a dozen employees, detailing the steps made by its chief people officer but ruling it didn't do enough to procure alternative employment for its workforce.


Woodside's "impertinent" call for evidence: FWC bench

A FWC full bench has lashed energy giant Woodside for its "impertinent" suggestion that a senior tribunal member should have supplied evidence that directions she issued while considering an AWU majority support bid, came from a Commission template.


Academic's Israeli flag swastika no basis for sacking: Court

In a significant ruling on supposed 'cancel culture', a court has found a leading sandstone university and its former deputy vice chancellor breached an agreement's intellectual freedom clause when the institution sacked a lecturer for superimposing a swastika on a posted image of an Israeli flag.


FWC extends time for dismissal claim perceived as spam

The FWC has granted a worker an extension of time after its server "quarantined" his unfair dismissal claim email because of a "dangerous" attachment, but the Commission says that the issue will soon be remedied when it requires lodgement via an online form.


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