The FWC has found a delivery driver fingered by a colleague as being involved in a theft ring was unfairly dismissed because his sacking coincided with his complaints about entitlements and workers' health and safety.
A court has fined a company and its director $124,000 over a sham contracting arrangement in which they underpaid a 417 visa-holder almost $8000 for four months work after misclassifying him as an independent contractor.
The FWC is set to consider whether the NUW can rely on evidence provided to the Heydon Royal Commission to defend an unfair dismissal claim from the brother of former NSW branch secretary Derrick Belan.
Together Queensland has failed to bring forward the closing dates of protected action ballots at hospitals across the state after the State IRC found it failed to make a convincing case for a shorter timeframe.
A garbage truck driver sacked for urinating in a CBD laneway during his shift has won his job back after the Fair Work Commission found he paid too high a price for his misconduct.
The High Court has today confirmed employees are not entitled to workers compensation if they develop psychological injuries as a result of reasonable management action.
The Melbourne Magistrates Court has rejected an application to halt the committal hearings for blackmail charges against Victorian CFMEU leaders John Setka and Shaun Reardon.
The FWC has made broad recommendations for "corrective action" at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority after it dismissed an employee's bid for an anti-bullying order but observed that interpersonal dysfunction within his team could have the "severest consequences".
The FWC has no power to hear an unfair dismissal claim from an elite junior soccer team's head coach, who received a $6,000 honorarium for his role, because he was a volunteer.
A Federal Court judge has dismissed the prosecution of a CFMEU official who did not have a right of entry permit under the Fair Work Act, but was invited onto a construction project by a health and safety representative.
