A Victorian government youth justice worker sacked for not having further COVID-19 vaccination shots after reacting adversely to his first dose has won compensation, the FWC finding the department should have explored redeployment and reasonable adjustments.
A HR manager facing potential criminal charges has before a FWC bench refused to answer nearly 100 questions seeking to establish whether he lied on the application form for a contentious agreement that provides for employees to work "voluntary" additional hours without penalty rates.
A senior FWC member has thrown out an airline catering worker's dismissal dispute after finding a psychologist's assessment that a scheduled telephone hearing should be postponed due to his mental health did not warrant an adjournment.
The ANMF has won an interlocutory injunction stopping a hospital from dismissing a nurse over a health-related exemption from night shifts while she seeks to establish it is a reasonable adjustment or flexible work arrangement and that night work is not an inherent requirement of the job.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has highlighted the positive duty imposed on employers to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sex discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation under its Respect@Work legislation, which passed Parliament this afternoon.
The creator of a Hitler parody video mocking BP's bargaining process who has already won $200,000 in compensation will get another shot at recouping extra pay he would have earned but for a revoked planned promotion, after a full bench rejected a finding that he is pursuing it by "stealth".
The Albanese Government had dropped contentious "cost neutrality" provisions from its Respect@Work Bill and will refer the matter to the Attorney-General's Department, which will conduct a review.
More than 1,000 domestic cabin crew at Qantas have authorised protected action including 24-hour strikes and overtime bans in the lead-up to the busy pre-Christmas travel period, as their union resists the airline's push for longer rostered hours and to hold annual pay rises to 3% as inflation soars.
The FWC has held that TAFE NSW must offer permanency to three casuals in line with the Fair Work Act's conversion provisions but has refused a CPSU bid to cast the orders more widely to capture other casuals that meet the eligibility requirements.
As the Senate prepares to consider the Albanese Government's Secure Jobs Bill, a new ACTU paper says the legislation's multi-employer bargaining provisions will be crucial in lifting wages in seven of the eight industries with above-average gender pay gaps.
