A Federal Court judge has warned that industrial law barristers who see themselves as "permanent partisans" risk undermining the ethics and standing of the profession.
The FWC has ruled that an employer needed to demonstrate that a long-serving worker intentionally stole sweets she consumed at work to justify her summary dismissal, and ordered $24,000 in compensation.
A senior FWC member has used a transcription service worker's unfair deactivation application to examine and narrow the legislative definition of "digital labour platform", finding an online business does not fall into the category because jobs are allocated by humans rather than algorithms.
A FWC presidential member has blasted the "exceptionally and embarrassingly poor" service provided by a law firm held responsible for filing a garbage collector's general protections matter 125 days' late.
Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has made the crucial determination that will enable the FWC to fast-track the TWU/ARTIO bid for fuel price relief in the road transport sector.
A Federal Court judge will this month deal with intersecting adverse action and breach of contract claims from former KIIS FM co-hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson, with the latter also accusing the network of failing to protect her from alleged bullying and psychosocial hazards following her previous complaints.
The Federal Court has slugged a wharfie almost $10,000 for telling a colleague "You'll end up dead dog" if he kept escorting on-hire workers through a lawful picket during a strike at Fremantle port in 2021.
The first lawful industrial action in more than 30 years in the Pilbara will begin next week, with ETU members on a crucial BHP power network launching work bans.
