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"Contractor" an employee for 14 years: Court

A HR manager's failure to resolve whether an IT specialist engaged as a contractor 20 years ago became an employee when added to the payroll 12 months later has backfired, after a court found he is owed more than $100,000 in leave entitlements.


Redundancy halved after refusal to move to "sh-thole"

The FWC has slashed a long-serving worker's redundancy payment from 12 weeks to six, after finding that he unreasonably declined a job offer with additional benefits that compensated for a longer commute to a location he derided as a "sh-thole".


Bench chars SDA challenge to Grill'd deal extension

In a ruling on little-considered Secure Jobs Act amendments, a FWC full bench has today upheld a decision to allow the Grill'd Norwood deal to continue operating for a further 90 days, finding the agreement's "inferior" conditions "weighty", but the hiatus before termination within the Commission's discretion.


Sacked Google engineer left searching for answers

A former Google software engineer who accused the tech giant's HR staff of bullying will not get to pursue it for adverse action after the FWC comprehensively rejected claims that two law firms and two barristers were to blame for a five-month delay in filing her case.


"Amorphous" adverse action claims scuttle case

A chief financial officer who made exaggerated claims to "shoehorn" them into adverse action provisions has failed to establish that his complaints about homophobic jibes and supposedly illegal accounting practices led to his unlawful sacking.


First unfair termination case hits roadblock

In the FWC's first ruling on new laws enabling road transport contractors to contest termination, the FWC has ruled that a director of a delivery company cannot make a claim because he did not perform a "significant majority" of the work, delegating it to others instead.



Big costs order against paid agent

A paid agent from the "school of hard knocks" is facing a costs bill of almost $30,000 after an employer racked up unnecessary legal expenses due to his unreasonable handling of a worker's unfair sacking case.



Peabody locks out mineworkers for a week

The MEU says its members at a Peabody underground coal mine near Wollongong have been "blindsided" by the the company's week-long lockout of 160 mineworkers, saying it is a disproportionate response to limited protected action.


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