The FWC has approved a CFMEU-brokered enterprise agreement despite finding the union had no eligibility to represent the industrial interests of workers covered by the deal and no authority to negotiate it.
In a default judgment, a federal court has ordered the UAE consulate to pay an Australian worker almost $205,000 in penalties, compensation, interest and costs for s-x discrimination and adverse action, after her employer forced her to br-astfeed in a storeroom, store her milk in a suitcase filled with ice, and denied her unpaid parental leave, before dismissing her.
UWU national president Jo Schofield has launched her own election campaign, after secretary Tim Kennedy threw his support behind a rank and file member for president.
The FWC has refused to stay a senior member's proposal to unilaterally alter an education and care provider's agreement to boost the pay of service leaders, rejecting the employer's claim that it will cause confusion and resentment if its appeal later succeeds.
RAFFWU is accusing Berkelouw and Harry Hartog bookstores in a Federal Court case of taking unlawful retaliatory adverse action against its members after they took protected industrial action while bargaining to replace a long-expired deal.
The FWC has made tart observations about relying on no-win, no-fee lawyers and agents in refusing to extend time by seven months for a worker allegedly unfairly sacked for disclosing a medicinal cannabis prescription for pain relief.
The FWO's alleged failure to meet the "high standard" expected of model litigants is not a factor to be weighed when deciding whether to impose costs orders, the Federal Court ruled today.
The FWC has emphasised its "high bar" for extending time, finding no basis to accept a general protections claim submitted at the last minute but received 16 seconds late, nor another lodged just four seconds beyond the 21-day statutory deadline.
The FWC will soon mandate disclosure of whether generative artificial intelligence has been used to make applications, in the face of the growing use of AI tools contributing to "unsustainable" workloads and no sign of it "plateauing out", according to its president, who is also pushing for a single legislative reform to turn back the tide.
Universities should be required to set targets and report on measures to boost diversity in leadership and governance roles, with "cultural load" allowances also recommended, in a major AHRC study revealing one in five academic staff have suffered direct racism.
