The FWC has suspended the entry permit of a CFMMEU organiser held to have flagrantly abused his power and urged workers to drive into him while he claimed to be responding to safety concerns, with another official also facing the temporary loss of his permit.
The Albanese Labor Government will on Thursday introduce legislation entitling all employees, including casuals, to an annual 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave from early next year.
The TWU is seeking the reinstatement of an Amazon Flex courier claimed to have been kicked off the retail behemoth's platform without notice or explanation, in a case testing general carrier provisions in the NSW IR Act while the union calls for equivalent federal protections.
The turmoil at airports might be about to get worse, with TWU set to apply to the FWC for a protected action ballot at a key aviation service business, dnata, which provides services to Qantas and other airlines.
The FWC has backed the dismissal of a medically unfit warehouse worker no longer able to fulfil the inherent requirements of his role, finding his employer had no obligation to engage with a private eye he hired to conduct a workplace investigation on his behalf.
A leading labour economist has scotched suggestions that Australia has experienced a US-style "great resignation", explaining last year's higher job quit rate as a "catch-up".
A union representative has praised one of the FWC's newest members for her "gloves-off advocacy" on behalf of employers, while offering a greeting in Maltese as a nod to their shared heritage.
The FWC has acceded to an employee's request to terminate a moribund security agreement covering a 500-strong workforce, after weighing conflicting views from employees about whether it should be scrapped.
In the first case of its kind against Woolworths, the retailer has today been ordered to pay an unregistered union $10,000 after a court found the supermarket breached workplace laws by pressuring a delegate who raised concerns about car park safety.
A law firm has won a rare indemnity costs order against a solicitor found to have strung out an unfair dismissal case so he could agitate underpayment claims.
