The FWC might hear the landmark working from home case in early December, after FWC President Adam Hatcher today acceded to an AIG request for a short delay to provide time for submissions on jurisdictional issues unions have raised, related to the National Employment Standards and the recently-passed penalty rates protection legislation.
Australian women are more likely than men to retire early, citing health concerns, menopause, pay imbalances and caring responsibilities, but many say pay parity and greater flexibility would help them stay in the workforce longer, according to a seven-country survey.
An employer has won another shot at knocking out an ETU claim that it fraudulently "concealed" in an FWC agreement approval application its alleged engagement of employees for the sole purpose of voting it up.
Ahead of a 17-day full bench hearing of the shop union's junior rates case from October 20, the FWC has published summaries of the "substantial" evidence, which show that the AiG is arguing that lower rates create an incentive to employ young people, and RAFFWU characterising junior wages as a form of "child labour exploitation".
The FWC has found the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations did not force a worker to resign by refusing to investigate its alleged mistaken attribution of her work to a colleague and knocking back her requests for study leave or to make her redundant.
A FWC full bench has rejected an employer's challenge to a finding that it must grant an employee's flexible work request, upholding a decision that reaffirms the precedence of NES provisions even when inconsistent with the terms of an enterprise agreement.
The FWC has found it unfair to summarily sack an "unsatisfied" manager accused of using her small business employer's email to seek a job with a competitor.
Later-in-life events rather than child-rearing alone contribute to women retiring with lower super balances, and the government needs to take "urgent action" to prevent women from continuing to fall behind, a new report finds.
A FWC full bench has expressed a provisional view that it should make an intractable bargaining determination reflecting the employer's proposal, other than for a previously agreed term the UWU "resiled" from.
