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FWC bins "hopeless" ChatGPT application

In a case highlighting the "obvious danger" of relying on artificial intelligence for legal advice, the FWC has refused to extend time for a "hopeless" 900-day late dismissal challenge written by and filed on the suggestion of ChatGPT.


FWC to forge on with LSL dispute

A FWC presidential member has declined to grant an employer's request to delay consideration of its appeal against an unfavourable long service leave ruling while it awaits the result of a related Federal Court case, taking a dim view of its attempt to move forums "midstream".


Greens to pursue two-days-a-week WFH right

The Greens will use their balance of power in the Senate to seek to amend the Fair Work Act to give workers the right to work at least two days a week from home if it is "practical and reasonable", echoing Victoria's recent policy proposal.


Qantas case shows "fundamentally broken" IR system: Expert

A labour law academic says there is a need to ask how Australia's IR system is so "fundamentally broken" that it incentivises the conduct evident in Qantas's decision to unlawfully outsource jobs to avoid bargaining, in circumstances where the record $90 million fine imposed yesterday will barely dent its resultant annual savings.


Notification failure renders lockout unlawful

The FWC has ordered lift manufacturer Schindler to end an unlawful lockout of more than 200 workers, holding that alerting union delegates to impending "employer response action" did not satisfy a requirement to notify bargaining representatives.


Hatcher hits pause on "span of hours" implications

FWC President Adam Hatcher has conceded the tribunal can juggle only so many balls, placing on ice its scrutiny of potential gender bias in awards' overtime provisions after the publication of an internal research paper.


Gendered "microaggressions" did not force resignation: FWC

A former Matildas star and Olympian was not forced to resign from her job at a remote gas facility because of alleged "microaggressions" that included being assigned "non-complex work" and persistent references to "fellas" and "gents", the FWC has found.


Newsflash: Qantas to pay $90 million penalty

The Federal Court has today ordered Qantas to pay a $90 million fine - including $50 million to the TWU - for the Flying Kangaroo's unlawful outsourcing of the jobs of about 1800 ground handling employees, while it has criticised chief executive Vanessa Hudson for failing to appear to explain the airline's contrition.


Watchdog's conduct wanting in Autism-bias case

A worker has failed to convince the FWC that Victoria's corruption watchdog dismissed her because of her "combative communication style" and her "unnecessary assessment of colleagues' work", which she argued amounted to manifestations of her Autism, rather than because of her misconduct.


Judge ejects from full bench after Saudi objection

Saudi Arabia's Australian cultural mission has succeeded in sidelining a Federal Court judge from sitting on a full bench that is reviewing whether it is protected by diplomatic immunity from underpayment claims brought by 45 former employees.


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