Hundreds of Sydney Trains signallers and controllers are in line for average payouts of about $40,000 under an $18.1 million class action settlement resolving allegations it failed to recognise handovers and actual hours worked, or to provide proper breaks.
A senior FWC member has upheld the sacking of a prison guard for propositioning a colleague, but not before describing his multinational employer's investigation of the matter as "woeful".
The FWC has extended time for a rigger to pursue his alleged sacking because of a union campaign targeting "unskilled backpackers" who supposedly secured offshore jobs ahead of experienced gas and oil workers.
A court has suppressed a former Commonwealth Bank senior executive's originating application and statement of claim for his breach of terms and conditions case, after the employer argued their publication would "imperil" the success of mediation.
The MEU has won a new SJSP order for labour hire blast crew workers at a Hunter Valley coal mine, with the FWC finding their current work falls under the host deal despite plans for them to become supervising shotfirers in charge.
Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has sought to reassure a federal judge that the plan to set up a Fair Work Court is in "no way. . . a reflection on any particular judgment or any particular operation of the federal courts".
The Australian Higher Education Industrial Association says a landmark FWC finding that Macquarie University must treat a member of its teaching-only staff as a part-time employee rather than a casual is likely to necessitate a "re-prosecution" of workload clauses during "heavy duty" bargaining in the sector.
Greens IR and finance spokesperson Barbara Pocock is calling on the Albanese Government to back her private member's bill and support superannuation for under-18 workers, in line with the Labor Party's platform, while the Coalition's Andrew Bragg says that after its extension to young workers, the next step will be "super for cats and dogs".
Property advisory business Savills has failed to persuade the Federal Court to throw out all of a senior employee's claims of discrimination, victimisation and "extreme and repetitive" s-xual harassment by a managing director.
