The FWC has rejected a credit union supervisor's unfair dismissal claim because she exposed her employer to significant financial risk in transferring more than $340,000 from a deceased customer's account without a probate certificate.
The "mastermind" behind an alleged conspiracy to steal fuel from employer Coles Express will have her unfair dismissal claim heard after Australia Post failed to meet its Express Post "next day delivery" guarantee.
The new Registered Organisation Commission is investigating $125,000 in payouts to former officials of the CEPU's Tasmanian branch, Senate estimates have been told.
Qantas is once again being forced to defend its approach to employee classification, with the FWC today commencing a three-day hearing into allegations the airline is requiring senior catering coordinators to fulfil a similar role at significantly reduced pay after effectively rechristening their positions.
A mother and daughter were unfairly dismissed by an abortion clinic because the employer failed to adequately investigate allegations of fraud and bullying levelled at the pair, the FWC has found.
Employers needn't comply with rigid performance management processes when dismissing poorly-performing employees, as long as they can point to conscious and concerted efforts to address the worker's perceived shortcomings, the FWC has found.
The FWC has thrown out an employer's argument that a "wide view" of the Fair Work Act allowed it to make four safety officers working on the Gorgon LNG project redundant when they refused to accept a 13% pay cut.
A university and its HR department embroiled in accusations of bullying between law school academics have been granted the right to engage lawyers to defend the claims.
The FWC has confirmed that 117 employees made redundant by a South Australian car manufacturing company will receive payments in lieu of notice as part of a redundancy package agreed to in their enterprise agreement.
The Federal Circuit Court has ordered a company to pay more than $7,000 in unpaid wages and super to a student visa holder after hearing evidence of a deliberate scheme to exploit young international students working in Australia.
