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Sting in tail of flex order for defiant WFH worker

The FWC has warned employers against giving "generic and blanket HR answers" when they provide their "reasonable business grounds" for knocking back flexibility requests, before ultimately rejecting a bid from a worker with challenging caring responsibilities to continue working entirely from home.

Discrimination exemption won to engage male disability carers

A tribunal has granted a family a five-year exemption from anti-discrimination laws to only engage male support workers to assist their non-verbal son, who has a severe to profound intellectual disability, after he refused to accept directions from "even very experienced" female support workers.

Unions to bargain for share of gains from AI revolution

Unions will bargain for artificial intelligence "productivity clauses" to ensure workers are paid a "fair share" of additional wealth created by the technology rather than just generating "super profits" for employers, under a new ACTU policy.

Proposed Queensland positive duty stronger than Federal equivalent

Legislation introduced recently to Queensland's Parliament imposes a positive duty that goes beyond the Respect@Work model, adds new protected attributes to the Anti-Discrimination Act and improves protections for workers assaulted on the job, but the State union peak body is disappointed it continues to permit religious bodies to discriminate in employment.

Bench sets dates for aged care work-value rises

A five-member FWC full bench has decided work value pay rises of up to 28.5% for aged care workers should be staggered, with many to receive half their increase from January and the second half from next October.

Unpaid agent given all-clear in harassment case

A tribunal has accepted a barrister's assurances that an industrial advocacy firm is in no danger of breaching laws prohibiting payment for helping him to represent a real estate agent who is accusing her former employer and four ex-colleagues of s-xual harassment.

Remote manager should rethink message-only communication: FWC

Misinterpretation of "curt or abrupt" messages between a remote manager and worker and "unhelpful" accusations of "frivolous and vexatious" complaints did not amount to bullying, but the manager might have needed support to better supervise his remote team, the FWC has found.

Collaborate on fixes for "sector-wide" s-xual harassment: Report

Retailers need to establish a joint committee with the SDA to address "routine and unavoidable" s-xual harassment in the sector, according to a new report.

Tribunal rejects lawyer's pregnancy discrimination appeal

An employer did not discriminate against a lawyer when it twice declined to roll over short, fixed-term contracts that would have entitled her to paid maternity leave, an appeal panel has found.

Opposition probes FWC on alleged internal bully/harass case

Shadow workplace relations minister Michaelia Cash has quizzed FWC general manager Murray Furlong on a "potentially serious" bullying or harassment allegation involving a tribunal member, and has questioned the ability of a former gang member to retain his entry permit while facing criminal charges.

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