The self-described former general manager of a "car solutions" company has failed at his third attempt to persuade a court that he was an employee rather than a contractor, a judge observing that it nowadays takes little more than a laptop to conduct a "modest" business within a business.
Labor and the Greens have flagged amendments to the Respect@Work legislation that would place a positive duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
In a significant ruling on academic free speech, a university lecturer has been given a second chance to challenge his sacking for superimposing a swastika on an Israeli flag after a full Federal Court found insufficient weight had been attached to an agreement's 'intellectual freedom' clause.
In what represents a significant development in corporate transparency, major accounting firms KPMG and PwC are disclosing bad workplace behaviours in reports taking inspiration from the World Economic Forum's "stakeholder capitalism" principles.
In a first for the local resource sector, BHP Billiton will this week begin trialling on-site vaccinations at its Mt Arthur coal mine in NSW ahead of deciding whether to make the jabs mandatory for its Australian employees.
Virgin's announcement that it is considering following Qantas in mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees has drawn a mixed response from unions, but the TWU says its commitment to consultation signals an improved approach.
The Federal Court has for the second time this month found that government-owned Airservices Australia failed to meet agreement obligations to consult over changes affecting air traffic controllers, despite its "valiant" attempt to distinguish between 'policies' and 'procedures'.
The ACCI is urging employers to ratchet up workplace COVID-19 vaccinations after the Morrison Government agreed to cover compensation claims for the most serious adverse reactions.
The FWC has granted external legal representation to an employer and one of its employees accused of bullying involving s-xual impropriety, after differentiating between matters where allegedly bullied workers are still employed and dismissal cases where in-house representatives can argue for the employer "as fiercely as they see fit".
A full Federal Court has today made a formal declaration that IR advisor Employsure made false or misleading representations via its advertising on Google that it had government sponsorship or approval, after this month's crucial liability ruling.
