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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.

35% undervaluation rise under consent proposal

Dental therapists and assistants covered by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers award would have FWC-proposed pay increases of up to 35% phased in over three years from January 1, under a consent position reached between employers and unions in a major gender-based undervaluation case.

Swearing, bikini-pic-sharing wharfie subbed back in

The FWC has reinstated a "careless" Qube stevedore accused of telling a colleague he put his c-ck in their Subway sandwich and calling another a c-nt, while already on a warning for showing pictures of bikini-clad female colleagues to male co-workers.

ASU calls for FWC to abandon SCHADS stance

The ASU is urging the FWC to scrap proposed changes to the SCHADS Award that it says could result in 73% of covered workers losing pay, and begin a new review with a broader remit.

"Reckless" car chase justifies sacking: FWC

A Victorian corruption watchdog operative's "reckless and unsafe" close pursuit of a Mercedes fleeing a minor accident warranted his dismissal, the FWC has ruled.

FWC denies flex request due to lack of evidence

A worker failed to provide evidence that demonstrated that she sought a compressed work week to care for her partner and grandson, and that those needs related to her age, the FWC has found, ruling her flexible work arrangement request invalid.

Made-up texts justified HR manager's sacking: FWC

The FWC has found that a senior HR manager's fabrication of a text message from a colleague - which discredited allegations she made against him - amounted to "a complete fiction that even the famed spy story novelist John Le Carré would have been impressed by" and warranted his summary dismissal despite procedural deficiencies.

Insistence on husband's health status biased: Tribunal

A roadside assistance and financial institution discriminated against a customer service officer by requiring clearance from her husband's specialist to confirm she would not put him at risk by returning to the office during the pandemic, a tribunal has held.

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