An employee pressing to solely work from home did not abandon or repudiate her employment by moving interstate against the employer's express wishes, the FWC has found.
A prospective migrant living in Egypt has won limited document discovery against an Australian charity running a refugee employment program, in a race bias complaint alleging there is "a stark disparity" between its placements for South Sudanese and other candidates.
The FWC has rejected the dismissal claim of a "combative" risk manager who accused a Rio Tinto-linked First Nations trust of forcing her to resign by subjecting her to psychological hazards, pressuring staff to work on "invasion day", and flouting her right to disconnect.
The FWC should only dismiss an anti-bullying application at a preliminary stage if the absence of a future risk is clear, a FWC full bench has found in upholding the appeal of a worker on extended sick leave.
The FWC has extended time for a worker to contest her dismissal, finding it warranted due to her mistaken attempt to dispute it in another tribunal, combined with the strong merits of her claim.
A judge has rejected a former employee's $2 million-plus compensation claim after finding her unlawful sacking was not "the cause or even a material contributing cause" of an alleged psychological injury and that she would have lost her job anyway within months.
The Australian Industry Group says the fuel cost recovery regime prompted by the Middle East conflict is "not working swimmingly", while withdrawing its only witness statement after the FWC refused to grant sweeping confidentiality orders.
The FWC's powers should be further extended to conciliate underpayment claims as a quicker, low-cost alternative to the courts, the ACTU has told a Senate wage theft inquiry.
Large employers are set to gain an extra 12 months to bed down new "genuine and measurable" gender equality targets before they have to identify fresh ones and start the next three-year reporting cycle.
