The FWC might hear the landmark working from home case in early December, after FWC President Adam Hatcher today acceded to an AIG request for a short delay to provide time for submissions on jurisdictional issues unions have raised, related to the National Employment Standards and the recently-passed penalty rates protection legislation.
Australian women are more likely than men to retire early, citing health concerns, menopause, pay imbalances and caring responsibilities, but many say pay parity and greater flexibility would help them stay in the workforce longer, according to a seven-country survey.
An employer has won another shot at knocking out an ETU claim that it fraudulently "concealed" in an FWC agreement approval application its alleged engagement of employees for the sole purpose of voting it up.
A tribunal has suppressed the name of a nurse charged with digital r-pe while he fights Queensland Health's decision to suspend him without pay, observing that media reports revealing his identity have already led to "adverse impacts and safety concerns".
Psychiatrist staff specialists in NSW public hospitals have won a temporary 10% "stop-gap" attraction and retention allowance, after a State IRC full bench accepted they had established a special case to address an "acute shortage", partly a result of "comparatively low pay", that is driving a reduction in the quality of mental health care.
Ahead of a 17-day full bench hearing of the shop union's junior rates case from October 20, the FWC has published summaries of the "substantial" evidence, which show that the AiG is arguing that lower rates create an incentive to employ young people, and RAFFWU characterising junior wages as a form of "child labour exploitation".
An appeal tribunal has overturned a ruling in which it found the the ACT Government directly discriminated against an employee based on her irrelevant criminal record when it unilaterally placed her on paid leave and refused to extend her contract, and awarded her $265,000 in damages.
The FWC has found the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations did not force a worker to resign by refusing to investigate its alleged mistaken attribution of her work to a colleague and knocking back her requests for study leave or to make her redundant.
A FWC full bench has rejected an employer's challenge to a finding that it must grant an employee's flexible work request, upholding a decision that reaffirms the precedence of NES provisions even when inconsistent with the terms of an enterprise agreement.
