An investigation into senior IRC presidential member Dianne Linnane over alleged bullying has been abandoned, with Queensland's Palaszczuk Government confirming it will no longer pursue the claims.
Coles, the SDA and the AWU have today asked an FWC full bench to refuse the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union permission to appear on behalf of two employees seeking to intervene in an application to terminate the supermarket giant's 2011 enterprise agreement.
The FWC has determined that Woolworths was justified in sacking a petrol station employee for refusing to hand over money and cigarettes to a "difficult" customer, who then walked off without paying for a Dare iced coffee and spinach ricotta roll.
The FWC has issued an interim anti-bullying order restraining the co-owner of a tyre business and his employee nephew from communicating with or being within 10 metres of each other, noting that a separate court order for the nephew not to commit "family violence" against his uncle had done little to improve a combative workplace atmosphere.
A government department's failure to establish sufficient distance from an 'independent' appeal panel has seen a court reject its claim for legal professional privilege over advice disclosed to an employee.
The FWC has acknowledged its phone system may flummox workers from non-English speaking backgrounds, allowing a "technologically illiterate" cleaner to challenge her dismissal despite filing her application two days' late.
The FWC has confirmed it has no authority to handle disputes about flexible workplace arrangements rejected by employers on "reasonable business grounds" unless specifically empowered to do so by an agreement.
The Fair Work Commission today conceded that inflated concerns about the impact of minimum wage increases on employment may have led to it being "overly cautious" in past rulings.
The Federal Court has ordered former HSU national secretary and ex-Federal Labor MP Craig Thomson's employer – a company allegedly run by his wife – to make fortnightly deductions for the payment of $175,550 in legal costs owed to the FWC.
The Fair Work Commission has this morning granted award-reliant workers a 3.3% increase, lifting the national minimum wage by $22.20 a week or 59 cents an hour in this year's annual wage review ruling.
