The FWC in upholding the sacking of an unvaccinated KFC worker has found it "regrettable" HR sent auto-generated letters that led her to believe she was dismissed for abandoning her job.
Amazon has settled a Federal Court action alleging it discriminated against a Sydney warehouse worker by withdrawing an offer of permanent employment once she mentioned she was pregnant.
A Federal Court judge has affirmed the primacy of federal over state laws in determining that NSW workers compensation caps did not shackle the amounts he could award to a long-serving manager whose life was "effectively destroyed" by a new chief executive.
A FWC full bench has overturned the reinstatement of a ANU professor sacked for his "s-xually intimate" interactions with a student while skinny-dipping, while underlining that its ruling had nothing to do with being "wowserish".
The HSU is seeking in a Federal Court action to establish that outsourced kitchen and food services work performed in aged care facilities is covered by the industry's award rather than the lower-paying hospitality award.
The FWC's minimum wage panel has given Prime Minister Anthony Albanese until Friday to lodge a submission to this year's annual wage review, but has asked him to keep it to 10 pages.
To address Indigenous Australians' under-representation in the workforce, employers need to create employment targets and inclusive leave policies and recognise workers' diverse needs, according to a new report.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a multinational business's sales representative who ignored repeated warnings that she had crossed the chief executive's "line in the sand" over speeding in company cars.
A former JB HiFi worker's objection to a settlement term preventing her from ever working for the company again after an "unsavoury" incident was not enough to revive her unfair dismissal claim, the FWC has found.
In a significant decision clarifying when the FWC can deal with unlawful dismissal matters, a four-member bench has upheld a finding that a bookstore worker alleging discrimination after being sacked for refusing to wear a mask needed to prosecute her case in court.
