A senior FWC member has affirmed that the statutory focus when considering whether "exceptional" circumstances exist to justify more notice for strikes is not on an employer's operations but on the proposed industrial action itself, rejecting Sydney's driverless train network's plea for extra warning.
Qantas breached the job security clause in its licensed engineers agreement when it unilaterally removed aircraft towing duties comprising at least 25% of their current workload, the FWC has found.
In decisions confirming a need to err on the side of disclosure when seeking right-of-entry permits, the FWC has clarified that spent convictions or dismissed offences must be revealed and those quashed on appeal are treated as if they never occurred.
If BHP workers striking in Port Hedland next week can secure a union agreement, it would challenge the IR model that has endured in the Pilbara for more than 30 years, an IR researcher says.
Uber and Uber Eats gig workers who appear to have used generative AI to challenge their deactivations have failed to win extra time to pursue unfair dismissal applications they lodged five to seven years late.
Queensland's peak union body has accused the Crisafulli Government of "blind ideology" over a proposed building and construction code it claims impinges on Federal laws and regulates workplace relations through procurement, calling on Canberra to intervene.
A FWC full bench has affirmed that small businesses have the same obligations as large employers when consulting over redundancies, throwing out a tile importer's appeal against orders to pay more than $30,000 to a former sales representative.
The FWC has rejected a manager's general protections dismissal dispute claim after finding that she waited too long to withdraw a resignation supposedly given "in a state of distress" and holding that the employer's knowledge of her tendency "to make 'emotional' decisions" had no relevance.
A council's desire to have a senior planning team member pass on his wisdom in-person provided reasonable business grounds to refuse his request to work at home for all but six days a month, the FWC has found.
