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No fast lane for Lattouf's unlawful dismissal case

Media host and writer Antoinette Lattouf has failed to have the ABC's jurisdictional objections to her unlawful dismissal case referred directly to a FWC full bench, despite arguing that she will appeal an unfavourable finding and that she "anticipates" that the broadcaster will do the same.


Minters lawyer for Rio Tinto not unfair: FWC

A worker has failed to convince the FWC that permitting "billion-dollar company" Rio Tinto to engage an external lawyer to defend a general protections claim would unfairly disadvantage him.


Lattouf opens up second front in ABC stoush

Lawyers for media host and writer Antoinette Lattouf have taken her high-profile departure from the ABC to the Federal Court, alleging she was unlawfully sacked in breach of the ABC's enterprise agreement.


Last-minute payment fails to appease FWC president

Paid agent Employee Dismissals has returned a worker's general protections settlement at the eleventh hour, but will still have to face a full bench before appearing in future hearings.


IR agent on notice after failure to follow presidential directions

FWC President Adam Hatcher has told a paid IR agent it will have to clear a full bench hurdle before winning permission to appear in future cases before the tribunal, after it ignored directions to repay a settlement sum that never found its way to a client.


Cold reception for "difficult" BOM manager

A judge has found the Bureau of Meteorology's chief executive unlawfully "managed" a senior employee on more than $200,000 out of her job, while observing in passing that the APS's use of individual flexibility agreements to bump up pay packets is "a game of smoke and mirrors" that limits public servants' redeployment options.


"Well-intentioned" department fined over 2016 teacher sacking

A former public school teacher has been awarded $10,500 in penalties after pursuing the ACT's education department through the courts for more than seven years over allegations it unlawfully dismissed her, breaching its agreement's job security terms.


Court approves settlement that gets teenager out of the rough

A judge has given final approval to a confidential settlement in an adverse action case after accepting that a teenager accused of attempting to intimidate the claimant understood how its terms affected him.


Hatcher gives damning assessment of IR agent's conduct

FWC President Adam Hatcher has decried a paid IR agent's "misleading and unethical" practices in a case where it failed to inform a worker that the amount agreed to settle his adverse action claim would not cover its fees.


No recusal after worker calls member a "dip-sh-t"

A worker who called a FWC deputy president a "dip-sh-t", "bearuacratic w-nker" and a "grinch" has failed to secure his recusal for allegedly failing to hold his employer accountable for breaching the Privacy Act.


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