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A chief financial officer who made exaggerated claims to "shoehorn" them into adverse action provisions has failed to establish that his complaints about homophobic jibes and supposedly illegal accounting practices led to his unlawful sacking.
In the FWC's first ruling on new laws enabling road transport contractors to contest termination, the FWC has ruled that a director of a delivery company cannot make a claim because he did not perform a "significant majority" of the work, delegating it to others instead.
In a significant ruling on calculating academics' payments for time spent marking course work, a Federal Court has found the FWO's compliance notice served on an allegedly underpaying private university "bad at law".
A judge has criticised Aldi for adopting an "unnecessarily technical position" against a self-represented worker but ultimately rejected his bid for a six-month extension to file a general protections claim, after finding he falsified medical evidence.
The FWC has ordered a health and safety representative to stop organising unprotected strikes for workers maintaining Sydney's trains, after finding no evidence that they faced immediate dangers from an increase in night shifts.
The FWC has closely considered its new discretion to overlook minor procedural or technical shortcomings in making of agreements before finally rejecting a proposed deal it "reluctantly" declined to wave through initially because the employer failed to explain negative aspects for some workers.
A schoolteacher "absurdly" sacked for yelling at students has won maximum compensation, after a FWC member retreated from his initial order to reinstate her.
In a landmark decision letting Sydney Trains and NSW Trains put a multi-enterprise deal to a vote despite the ETU's opposition, a FWC full bench has for the first time granted a voting request order under Secure Jobs reforms.
The SDA has shot back at the ARA's claim that the FWC would be "abdicating" its duty if it delays a bid to reform penalty rates in the retail award ahead of mooted legislation, citing the Fair Work Act's commitment to upholding a stable system as reason to defer the matter.
Documents released under FoI laws reveal that Tasmania opposed the January appointment of MEU general president Tony Maher as chair of Safe Work Australia, claiming it harboured "significant concerns" about his suitability, while Queensland also aired its worries about his independence.
