A judge has rejected a former employee's $2 million-plus compensation claim after finding her unlawful sacking was not "the cause or even a material contributing cause" of an alleged psychological injury and that she would have lost her job anyway within months.
The Australian Industry Group says the fuel cost recovery regime prompted by the Middle East conflict is "not working swimmingly", while withdrawing its only witness statement after the FWC refused to grant sweeping confidentiality orders.
The FWC's powers should be further extended to conciliate underpayment claims as a quicker, low-cost alternative to the courts, the ACTU has told a Senate wage theft inquiry.
Large employers are set to gain an extra 12 months to bed down new "genuine and measurable" gender equality targets before they have to identify fresh ones and start the next three-year reporting cycle.
A former FWO chief counsel-turned judge has taken an axe to the workplace regulator's belief in penalties as a general deterrent, expressing astonishment at its "staggering" pursuit of a $21,000 fine against an employer who quickly coughed up a $976 underpayment once a junior worker provided proof of their age.
An alleged whistleblower's explosive allegations against franchising business Jim's Group may be headed for hearing, after a court gave him an extension of time and let him file an amended claim.
A tribunal member has declined to recuse himself from a harassment case, rejecting claims that what he "may know" about what was possibly agreed in a conciliation conference could affect his impartiality.
The FWC has declined to issue anti-bullying orders against a body corporate secretary despite observing her communication style was "seen as combative and demeaning" and that she displayed "the characteristics of a narcissist".
Stevedore DP World has warded off an attempt by employees to claim a place on three-member panels charged with resolving disputes about automation roll-outs at four ports, when one spot is already filled by the MUA.
