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HR worker's desire for different result not enough for appeal

A FWC full bench has refused to extend time for a HR business partner seeking to appeal her unfair dismissal decision, finding she had failed to demonstrate any legal errors and instead merely showed "a preference for a different result".

Bill will require large employers to set gender equality targets

In a bid to further reduce the gender pay gap, the Albanese Government has introduced a Bill that will require employers with 500 or more workers to set new gender equality targets, with their progress publicly available on the WGEA website and compliance required to be eligible for Government contracts.

Payout for visa worker "extorted" to have s-x with boss

A court has found an employer who was in a relationship with an employee s-xually harassed her when he extorted her into having unwanted intercourse, setting compensation at $25,000, while rejecting her claim he sacked her for falling pregnant.

Warning on bias of AI-based recruitment tools

A study into the use of generative AI tools in recruitment warns they might filter out qualified candidates based on race, social origin and disabilities and butt-up against anti-discrimination laws, but with "guardrails" could in fact address bias and boost transparency.

Constable facing sack for sharing confidential info with union

The PSA has lost its challenge to a NSW IRC decision said to have "wide ranging" implications for union delegates using workplace emails to communicate with union lawyers, with a special constable facing dismissal for disclosing confidential information to inform its application for a new award.

FWC president warns of looming AI-driven workplace discrimination

FWC President Adam Hatcher has told this year's AI-themed Ron McCallum Debate that algorithmic wage discrimination is having "major effects" on the world of work and employment rights, which he expects to "hit Australia fairly soon".

Costs fixed for teacher claiming s-x, pregnancy discrimination

The former acting principal of a Sydney Islamic school has won a court order fixing costs at $40,000 as she pursues its leadership for allegedly subjecting her to s-x, racial and pregnancy discrimination, including by telling her she should stay home and look after her children.

FWC rejects second recusal claim from "bullied" worker

In a case that underlines the Commission's challenges in dealing with self-represented parties, a FWC member has refused to step back from hearing an anti-bullying claim, finding that a worker's 18 grounds for recusal, including the "unjust removal" of the worker's advocate from a hearing, had "no logical connection" with any possibility of bias.

Bullying, discrimination claims not supported by "scanty" hearsay

In a warning to employers undertaking investigations of workplace complaints, the FWC has ordered a mushroom grower to compensate a former harvest team leader sacked on the basis of "scanty" hearsay evidence and the "sheer number" of allegations about bullying and racial discrimination.

Paid agent hit with costs after running hopeless case

An employer has won a rare costs order against an experienced paid agent after the FWC agreed that he should "never" have run a pregnancy discrimination case given there was no evidence the on-hire worker was ever dismissed.

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