A FWC full bench has found that shiftworkers employed by a major stevedoring company are entitled to payment on top of their ordinary weekly wage if they are rostered off on a public holiday.
The Federal Court has found that the limits to the FWC's dispute resolution powers mean that its ruling about an agreement's new long service leave clause only applies to the worker that first raised the issue, rather than all covered employees.
The FWC has ruled that a Civmec electrical engineer who rejected an alternative role has no entitlement to a redundancy payment, finding the employer adequately explained its offer despite its "clumsy and at times misguided" approach.
The FWC has approved a CFMEU-brokered enterprise agreement despite finding the union had no eligibility to represent the industrial interests of workers covered by the deal and no authority to negotiate it.
In a default judgment, a federal court has ordered the UAE consulate to pay an Australian worker almost $205,000 in penalties, compensation, interest and costs for s-x discrimination and adverse action, after her employer forced her to br-astfeed in a storeroom, store her milk in a suitcase filled with ice, and denied her unpaid parental leave, before dismissing her.
The FWC has refused to stay a senior member's proposal to unilaterally alter an education and care provider's agreement to boost the pay of service leaders, rejecting the employer's claim that it will cause confusion and resentment if its appeal later succeeds.
The FWC has made tart observations about relying on no-win, no-fee lawyers and agents in refusing to extend time by seven months for a worker allegedly unfairly sacked for disclosing a medicinal cannabis prescription for pain relief.
The FWO's alleged failure to meet the "high standard" expected of model litigants is not a factor to be weighed when deciding whether to impose costs orders, the Federal Court ruled today.
The FWC has emphasised its "high bar" for extending time, finding no basis to accept a general protections claim submitted at the last minute but received 16 seconds late, nor another lodged just four seconds beyond the 21-day statutory deadline.
In another ruling underlining the Federal Court's predilection for keeping early-stage Fair Work court cases under wraps, it has suppressed the originating application, statement of claim and other documents lodged by a divisional marketing director of luxury goods company LVMH.
