A senior FWC member has given short shrift to four Patrick Projects workers who blamed their no-show at an unfair dismissal hearing on a "double booking" by the Commission.
An Aboriginal corporation has been ordered to pay total compensation of $67,503 to three cultural heritage field officers sacked after failing to prove ancestral connections, including $15,000 in general damages for "emotional upset".
The ETU says a $40,000 penalty against an employer for failing to consult before engaging labour hire workers on inferior pay and conditions sends a message that pre-Building Code job security clauses in agreements are still enforceable.
Employer groups have stepped up pressure on the Morrison Government to prevent casual workers "double dipping" by claiming annual leave on top of 25% pay loading in the wake of a crucial decision by the Full Federal Court last month.
An FWC member should have drawn a software tracking company's attention to the small business fair dismissal code before ordering it to pay $70,000 to a former employee, a full bench has found.
An FWC full bench majority has refused to let the SDA amend appeals of two Aldi agreements to challenge the retailer's use of the word "leader" instead of "employer" in notices of representative rights, holding that the union must wait until the outcome of a judicial review on the same issue.
A sacked Flight Attendants Association manager has failed to convince an FWC full bench to grant a one-day extension to appeal on the basis she lacked legal expertise, had "nightmares" re-reading her case and was declared by an Ayurvedic practitioner to be experiencing stress.
The Australian Electoral Commission was entitled to summarily sack a team leader for fudging industrial election figures to mask errors made by an inexperienced colleague, the FWC has found.
In a case traversing the thorny issue of recognising prior service when bringing casual labour hire in-house, the FWC has found a worker didn't qualify for unfair dismissal protection because his previous arrangement was not genuine outsourcing.
