A FWC full bench has reassured a union that majority support determinations are still a possibility in circumstances where apprentices form a "subgroup" at group training organisations.
In what might be the first FWC costs order for failing to heed warnings against proceeding with AI-assisted cases afflicted by "unfixable" flaws, the FWC has taken the "very rare step" of ordering a worker to pay part of his former employer's costs of defending his "doomed" unfair dismissal claim.
In a significant decision on calculating compensation for unfairly dismissed workers, a FWC full bench has held that the tribunal should not have reduced a worker's payout to factor in income received months after her anticipated earnings period.
The FWC has ordered an alpine resort operator to pay $14,000 to a former general manager sacked over allegations he covertly overpaid his partner and allowed staff to drive company vehicles while drunk or high on drugs.
The FWC has ordered the reinstatement of a worker sacked while on remand as he faced stalking and domestic violence charges, finding his employer's reliance on the criminal allegations "premature" and "unjust".
A cancer-stricken helicopter pilot who hadn't worked in more than three years still had six months of long service leave owing when sacked for supposedly "frustrating" his contract, the FWC has found.
Hundreds of Sydney Trains signallers and controllers are in line for average payouts of about $40,000 under an $18.1 million class action settlement resolving allegations it failed to recognise handovers and actual hours worked, or to provide proper breaks.
A senior FWC member has upheld the sacking of a prison guard for propositioning a colleague, but not before describing his multinational employer's investigation of the matter as "woeful".
The FWC has extended time for a rigger to pursue his alleged sacking because of a union campaign targeting "unskilled backpackers" who supposedly secured offshore jobs ahead of experienced gas and oil workers.
A court has suppressed a former Commonwealth Bank senior executive's originating application and statement of claim for his breach of terms and conditions case, after the employer argued their publication would "imperil" the success of mediation.
