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Hundreds of Sydney Trains signallers and controllers are in line for average payouts of about $40,000 under an $18.1 million class action settlement resolving allegations it failed to recognise handovers and actual hours worked, or to provide proper breaks.
A senior FWC member has upheld the sacking of a prison guard for propositioning a colleague, but not before describing his multinational employer's investigation of the matter as "woeful".
The FWC has extended time for a rigger to pursue his alleged sacking because of a union campaign targeting "unskilled backpackers" who supposedly secured offshore jobs ahead of experienced gas and oil workers.
The NSW IRC has welcomed a new member who "literally wrote the book" on IR laws covering owner-drivers and certain gig workers in the State's road transport sector.
A senior ABC editor has failed to persuade the FWC that she is entitled to a redundancy package following organisational changes made after Google and Meta withdrew funding for the role.
Uber Eats, Door Dash and the TWU have welcomed "world-leading" minimum standards for food-delivery gig workers setting a $31.30 hourly earnings floor for engaged time from Monday, with the FWC describing the rates as interim ahead of a review that will consider "proper cost-recovery rates".
Tasmania's Rockliff Government is weighing options for the future of the Tasmanian Industrial Commission after its president's term expired recently and the attorney-general last year revealed plans to fold the tribunal into TasCAT.
A gender equality commissioner has called for Victorian public sector departments to take "urgent action" to tackle s-xual harassment, after a new report found that rates have stubbornly remained the same over the last five years.
Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has promised business leaders he will delay the commencement of controversial work-from-home legislation by 10 months and provide more time for debate before attempting to pass it ahead of the November 28 State election.
High Court rebuffs academic pay challenge; "No guarantee" lawyers will respond before deadline, says FWC; ABC presenter free to contest sacking; and Bench rejects consolidation order appeal.
