The FWC full bench hearing the aged care work value case is seeking feedback on its provisional view that pay rates in awards covering the sector's workforce have not been properly fixed, calling also for submissions on background documents by July 22.
The FWC is seeking feedback within four weeks on its draft online proceedings framework, which outlines how matters can be heard in person, partly online, or fully online, at the discretion of the member.
The FSU is seeking annual pay rises of 6% in bargaining at both Westpac and NAB, arguing the hefty increases are justified by the inflation spike and the major banks' continuing strong profits.
A leading labour law academic has expressed concern that the High Court's recent Rossato ruling "unduly swayed" a senior FWC member who found a casual worker's contract helped establish she had no reasonable expectation of continuing employment, despite having worked every week for 14 months.
An ASX-listed mining company that is pursuing a former contracts manager for allegedly misusing confidential information and earning secret profits is seeking to ban access to the details of an explosive Federal Court challenge to his sacking.
A finance analyst's decision to "go nuclear" after her employer's harsh denial of a chance to interview for new roles in a corporate restructure ultimately justified her redundancy, the FWC has found.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra's former chief executive cannot accuse it of sacking her for ordering a sexual harassment probe after initially claiming to be the victim of a politically-driven "hit job", it contends in a defence that declines to say why it did dismiss her.
A FWC member has sought to emphasise that jabs are a matter of choice for employees, rather than a "mandate" imposed by employers, as a tide of COVID-19 vaccination-related unfair dismissal cases work their way through the tribunal.
An office-based stevedore who said he smoked cannabis daily while on leave due in part to the stress of agreement negotiations and COVID-19 lockdowns has failed to establish he was unfairly sacked for "out of hours conduct" after testing positive to THC at work.
