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Bench rejects appeal against "absurd" teacher sacking

A school has failed to overturn orders to pay a former teacher maximum compensation after her dismissal for allegedly yelling at misbehaving students, after a FWC full bench found no reason to suggest any bias by the tribunal member or that his findings represented a "gross slur" on the employer's witnesses.


Reinstatement for grieving worker seen at restaurant

The FWC has ordered Qube to reinstate a stevedore sacked after his manager spotted him out for dinner while on leave to grieve a relative's death, finding the worker reasonably concluded it would be unsafe to attend his shift.


Union not liable for member's "dead dog" comment: Court

In a significant judgment on how far liability extends during industrial action, a court has found the MUA not responsible for a member telling a Qube shift manager "you'll end up dead dog" for crossing a picket line in 2021.


LSL body seeking "consistency" in High Court challenge

The Federal Government's black coal mining LSL body has lodged a High Court appeal to a full Federal Court judgment with significant implications for the eligibility of shotfiring and explosive services workers, while the CFMEU is celebrating the removal of "loopholes and cruel anomalies" in WA's construction industry portable LSL scheme.


FWC applies "liberal" lens to Uber driver's work pattern

An Uber driver who varied his schedule slightly but worked every weekend until he filed his unfair deactivation claim clearly demonstrated "some form of repetitive pattern" and performed work "on a regular basis", the FWC has ruled.


Brief Queensland stint triggered LSL payday

The High Court has refused leave to appeal a finding that an international IT company must pay long service leave to an employee who worked the bulk of his 10-year tenure in India, a few years in Victoria, but qualified under Queensland's more flexible LSL laws as he transferred in time to serve out part of his post-resignation notice period.


Worker threatened to torch Commission with member inside

A ruling by FWC President Adam Hatcher has revealed that a former Oracle data technician enraged about the tribunal's handling of multiple applications to overturn his dismissal threatened to burn down the Commission with the member who conciliated his application inside.



Late filing allowed after "confusing" Amazon deactivation

An Amazon Flex driver's late bid to challenge his deactivation for entering a home can proceed after a FWC full bench weighed the gig company's "confusing and ambiguous" communications and the driver's personal circumstances that included suicidal ideation and a sick wife.


On-hire worker smoked by host's self-tests

Workpac must compensate a mineworker cleared for THC when he used his host-employer's self-testing kits after self-medicating with a joint, but who returned mixed results at the workplace.


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