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In the wake of the Albanese Government's recent appointment of a new FWC president, it has a further opportunity to reshape Fair Work institutions with the looming expiry of Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker's five-year term.
A judge irked by a multinational company's attempt to cast its underpaying subsidiary's award breaches as the court's "alternate interpretation" has imposed a near-maximum fine.
The TWU will oppose an application by Woolworths to overhaul the coverage of workers at the supermarket's online fulfilment centres, in a move that puts it at odds with fellow supply chain alliance member the SDA.
The FWC has ordered a Serco supervisor and corrections officers to front a hearing of an unfair dismissal claim of a prison canine handler who accuses the company of sacking him to cover up the allegedly cruel treatment of a dog that had to have its tail amputated.
Qantas could "unabashedly" dismiss thousands of workers threatening lawful strikes if the High Court overturns a finding that it illegally outsourced ground crew jobs, the TWU claims.
An employer did not force the resignation of an experienced HR manager suffering a difficult pregnancy when it refused to grant her a year's parental leave, a court has found.
A casual Census collector sacked by the ABS for calling on her 7000 LinkedIn connections to revolt against COVID-19 lockdowns has failed to persuade a court that it "violently" discriminated against her.
A judge has criticised the FWO for seeking "excessive" penalties against two restaurant businesses and reduced the penalties from the $250,000 the FWO sought to just $32,000 after it emerged that their director is broke and had been contemplating suicide.
The winding-up of the ROC early next month is set to trigger a compensation payment of about $130,000 for Registered Organisations Commissioner Mark Bielecki.
Users can register now for the FWC's new digital tool to integrate minimum award rates of pay, allowances, overtime and penalty rates data into accounting software and payroll systems, ahead of its March 20 launch, while the tribunal is also about to release a range of other "digital transformation" initiatives.
