The FWC has granted a rare order to suspend protected industrial action already under way due to its effect on a third party, finding ETU work bans would result in a 12-month delay to a key element of Queensland's $7 billion Cross River Rail project.
The FWC has ordered a Catholic school to reinstate the partner of a convicted murderer who became involved in publicity about her case, finding the employer failed to give him clear written directions and properly inform him of the cumulative reasons for his dismissal.
Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth is seeking feedback within 24 hours on her proposed determination for the TWU/ARTIO contractual chain application to fast-track fuel price relief for truck drivers and transport operators.
A senior FWC member has unflatteringly compared a past NSW government's successful application to avert rail strikes with the sparse evidence provided by the Crisafulli Government in last week's failed bid to suspend similar industrial action in Queensland.
A driver sacked in part for placing p-rnography in a staff area and complaining about the number of work-related WhatsApp groups has won more than $6000 compensation, after the FWC criticised the employer's "relaxed" attitude to the dismissal process.
The former executive manager of an "effectively insolvent" disability services provider sacked while on workers compensation has been awarded $20,000, after the FWC found an administrator reached an "uninformed view" her job could be performed by subordinates.
The Australia Institute is urging the FWC to increase award and minimum wages by 7.5% to 11.1%, to "undo the damage" to real wages inflicted since the COVID-19 pandemic, and to compensate for the forthcoming cost of living increases caused by the Middle East conflict.
A senior RBA employee appealing a failed backpay claim has also now had his bid for suppression of significant details of the FWC's decision rejected by a presidential member who observed that such applications should not be used to "qualify or recast" the tribunal's reasoning.
An employer that refused to engage in the FWC's consideration of an unfair dismissal case has been ordered to pay $40,000 to a supervisor sacked for letting employees use a shackled emergency exit with an A4 printed "no entry, no exit" sign affixed to it.
The Albanese Government should expand the existing positive duty to compel employers to prevent discrimination on the basis of s-xual orientation or gender identity, the Australian Human Rights Commission has recommended in a report released on the transgender day of visibility.
