Days after the High Court refused permission to appeal a key decision recognising standby duty as paid work, a FWC full bench has weighed its implications for a Qantas subsidiary's long-awaited intractable bargaining workplace determination.
In its latest clean-up of superannuation in awards, the FWC has observed that after more than a decade it still does not have the required members to constitute an expert panel to keep tabs on default funds terms.
The FWC has found that a s-x worker is an employee rather than an independent contractor, because of the significant degree of control the employer exerted over her work, including requiring her to maintain an "immaculate" appearance with styled hair, make-up, lingerie and heels.
The FWC is inviting quick submissions in its crucial work from home test case ahead of a directions hearing pushed back to September 5, after providing data underpinning WFH research criticised by the Australian Industry Group, while Victoria is consulting on WFH legislation to be introduced next year.
A self-represented Uber driver has fired back at attempts by the rideshare company to have the FWC throw out the first substantive test of its new unfair contracts powers, arguing that his application is based not on "desired terms or speculative grievances" but on "realworld" experience.
A US video game company that told a senior FWC member "I wish the United States was as diligent as you guys" about unfair dismissals has been ordered to reinstate an Australian-based tester, after the tribunal applied the new "practical reality" test for employment relationships.
A surveillance operative has lost his unfair sacking case against Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog, after the FWC found his dangerous pursuit of a vehicle during a stakeout and his "dishonest" post-incident report provided two valid reasons.
The Productivity Commission is proposing a nationally consistent approach to removing overly "restrictive" occupational entry requirements, along with reforms making it easier to switch professions, and to boost the use of generative AI to tackle teacher workloads.
A judge has slapped an $8000 penalty on a major Commonwealth department after expressing astonishment that it does not have a "human or technological" system in place to ensure it pays dismissed employees their correct entitlements.
