Browsing: Employment standards (568 items)


Finalise jobs code after Kourakis reports: BCA

It would be "reckless" for the Federal Government to establish a procurement framework that favours companies with union agreements before Victoria's royal commission into the construction sector is completed, according to the Business Council.


Flex request not a ticket to ride: FWC

The FWC has held that a bus driver cannot use a request for flexible working arrangements to transfer to a separate but related employer in another state.


$480K in penalties against habitual underpayer

A director repeatedly targeted by the FWO who "brazenly" continued operating businesses despite a restraining order and habitually and deliberately underpaid workers has been ordered to stump-up $479,000 in penalties against him and his companies.


Knockback reasonable, but FWC orders one-day WFH

The FWC has ordered a university to allow an advisor to work from home one day a week, despite finding it had reasonable business grounds to reject the two-days-a-week WFH flexibility request she made on the basis of her age.


NSW commits to standalone labour hire regulation

Labor will release legislation for a wide-ranging labour hire licensing scheme within 100 days of its return at the March election, Minns Government IR Minister Sophie Cotsis promised today.



Flex work request lacked nexus with disability: FWC

The FWC has thrown out a worker's flexible work bid after she attempted to "call in" older medical documents and conceded she had not been diagnosed with the disability identified in her request.


High Court spurns bid to reverse BHP OS ruling

The High Court has refused special leave for the MEU to challenge a Federal Court majority decision that quashed a finding that the Black Coal Award requires BHP's in-house labour hire arm to give its workforce two common public holidays off each year.


Safety grounds bolster council's flex request refusal: FWC

The FWC has upheld a council's decision to refuse a worker's flexible work request, finding it had reasonable business grounds to align rosters with its revised operating hours and increase employee presence for safety reasons.


$177K fine after misleading watchdog over cashbacks

An accounting firm that knowingly misled a Fair Work Inspector investigating its exploitative cashback scheme has been ordered to pay total penalties of $177,000 by the Federal Circuit and Family Court.


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