A type-1 diabetic's late general protections application alleging disability discrimination can proceed after his ASX-listed labour hire employer conceded the employment relationship had "dwindled and ceased" due to his work restrictions.
The Albanese Government has announced that DEWR deputy secretary Tania Rishniw will serve as the department's acting secretary when secretary Natalie James' departs next month, eighteen months before her term expires.
Woolworths has been hit with another underpayments class action, at the same time it is defending a shareholder class action accusing it of breaching disclosure rules by failing to keep the market informed about the extent to which it has shortchanged staff.
In a significant decision on diplomatic immunity, a full Federal Court has tossed out an embassy's claim that it enjoys protection from unfair dismissal proceedings, confirming in the process that the FWC has standing as a "court" under the relevant legislation.
Northern Territory public servants have accepted the Finocchiaro Government's marginally above-cap wage offer, which it says is a "positive outcome", but the tight result should be a "wake-up call for the government" according to the CPSU.
The scheme to temporarily bring low-skilled Pacific Island workers to Australia to build skills and send funds back to their families is being subverted, according to a new report that claims highly-trained workers are performing low-skilled roles, while hollowing out the ranks of skilled workers in their home countries.
The UWU is calling on the Albanese Government to step in to "preserve the stability" of a 15% funded pay rise for agreement-covered early childhood education and care workers and avoid a possible pay cut, after a FWC expert panel rejected calls to "front load" gender undervaluation increases to the award minimum rates.
Unions' pursuit of a 24%-over-three-years pay rise for Endeavour Energy workers has fallen short after a FWC full bench instead made an intractable bargaining determination delivering 17.8% over four years, rejecting numerous claims the employer did not bargain in good faith.
An employer repudiated the contracts of male managers and dismissed them when it reduced their classification levels and wages to parity with female co-workers for "pay equity" reasons, as the demotions involved substantial reductions in remuneration, the FWC has found.
A review of Comcare's legislative framework says there is no choice but to redraft it, and warns AI, WFH and climate change "megatrends" all carry a risk of increasing psychological injury claims, while unions say workers compensation changes in NSW will cut support to those who are close to "catatonic" with such injuries.
