A deputy president has scathingly rebuked a Woolworths worker upset at a colleague suggesting he cover up his "plumber's crack" for bringing an unmeritorious general protections application, lamenting the lack of "effective disincentive for speculative claims" that are fuelling the FWC's "burgeoning caseload".
A senior early childhood teacher summarily dismissed after being told to be more tolerant of racist and N-zi views has won compensation of more than $41,000.
Speakers at an IR conference have emphasised the importance of early, transparent consultations when introducing automation and AI-related change, but a lawyer says locking into a formal process too soon is risky.
The FWC is seeking feedback on its provisional view that it should order Secure Parking to reinstate a full-time compliance manager to a part-time position, finding Japanese-owned company unfairly dismissed him during a cost-cutting redundancy round.
The FWC has acceded to BHP's request for it to bring almost 140 of its BHP OS on-hire workers in-house, to reduce the workload involved with managing multiple enterprise agreements and address "the potential for disharmony in the workforce".
The SDA has gladly dropped multiple bids for supported bargaining at McDonald's stores and franchise outlets after the FWC granted the fast food giant a nationwide single interest authorisation, clearing the way for voluntary multi-employer bargaining.
The NSW Court of Appeal has overturned orders blocking a law firm from acting for a rival practice's former employed solicitor, in a decision finding that information imparted while training and mentoring a junior lawyer did not justify a restraint on his future employer.
The NSW corruption watchdog has found that a consultant HR advisor for a State Government department engaged in corrupt conduct by blacklisting a company linked to an employee who made a bullying complaint after his engagement ended.
The FWC has awarded $10,000 compensation to a sacked mine site cleaner who said he had been too drunk to remember skinny-dipping after being "egged on" by colleagues at a Christmas party in their accommodation village.
A former Accenture ER manager will have a chance to replead an adverse action case in which she alleges she spent years pressing the global professional services firm to address potential exposure to multi-million dollar claims for unpaid overtime before it sacked her for supposedly "preventing" further analysis of the issue.
