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Women hitting "second glass ceiling": Report

Australian women are more likely than men to retire early, citing health concerns, menopause, pay imbalances and caring responsibilities, but many say pay parity and greater flexibility would help them stay in the workforce longer, according to a seven-country survey.

Hearing of "extensive" junior rates evidence set to begin

Ahead of a 17-day full bench hearing of the shop union's junior rates case from October 20, the FWC has published summaries of the "substantial" evidence, which show that the AiG is arguing that lower rates create an incentive to employ young people, and RAFFWU characterising junior wages as a form of "child labour exploitation".

$265,000 criminal record bias payout overturned

An appeal tribunal has overturned a ruling in which it found the the ACT Government directly discriminated against an employee based on her irrelevant criminal record when it unilaterally placed her on paid leave and refused to extend her contract, and awarded her $265,000 in damages.

Deficient harassment probe forced resignation: FWC

"Serious" flaws in an employer's s-xual harassment investigation, in tandem with its expectation the worker would continue working alongside her alleged harasser, forced her to resign, the FWC has found.

"No bias" in holding 200 of 1.22 billion Woolies shares

A commissioner who holds 200 Woolworths shares has refused to recuse herself from an anti-bullying case involving the supermarket giant, because the amount of shares she owns is insignificant.

Three-day-week for "recovering" worker not bullying

The FWC has rejected a bullying complaint after finding the Department of Finance put the worker on a three-day week, while he recovered from a previous "toxic" job, so he could spend the other two days "trying to resolve his workplace grievances".

FWC rejects ASU's retreaded SCHADS proposal

The FWC has resoundingly rejected the ASU's proposal to hear its SCHADS award work value case alongside the Commission's gender undervaluation review.

End of line for MP's advisor who went "nuclear"

A former parliamentary officer who took a "shock and awe" approach and went "nuclear" after a federal MP made him redundant post-election has lost his bid to pursue an adverse action case in tandem with a discrimination claim.

ABC fine a warning against caving to cancel culture

Senior ABC managers failed to consult in-house IR and legal experts and "blithely ignored" risks when the organisation "capitulated" to critics and sacked presenter Antoinette Lattouf over her political views on the Gaza war, which warranted a substantial penalty to deter a recurrence, Federal Court judge Darryl Rangiah found today.

Court orders ABC to pay $150,000 penalty to Lattouf

The Federal Court has today ordered the ABC to pay former presenter Antoinette Lattouf a fine of $150,000 for unlawfully sacking her for reasons including her political opinion opposing the Gaza war and breaching its enterprise agreement.

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