In a significant ruling on its powers, the NSW IRC will reconsider a nurse's victimisation claims after overturning a finding it lacked the power to order that a disciplinary warning be removed from her file.
A FWC member has expressed amazement that an employer "pinned" alleged timesheet fraud on an employee when in fact his former manager performed the work.
The FWC has lambasted a senior government employee for their "reprehensible" attempts to prompt a witness by sending texts during a remote hearing of an unvaccinated worker's unfair dismissal case.
In a decision exploring what constitutes a disciplinary investigation, a FWC full bench has quashed a finding that a public transport agency must pay a group of train drivers blocked from attending work after failing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccination policy.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a disability services manager for including false information on a form, leading to her employer improperly claiming fees and endangering its federal funding.
A union has won a rare order allowing it to inspect the employee records of a business part-owned by a listed company in search of proof of underpayments.
The FWC has found that a HR manager who quit after her employer changed her responsibilities was not forced to resign, noting that although she had to report to a different manager, "a change in a reporting line does not constitute constructive dismissal".
The Productivity Commission says a review of the Albanese Government's new multi-employer bargaining measures should consider amending the Competition and Consumer Act so the ACCC can play a role.
New RBA analysis says productivity and wages have slowed for employers in heavily award-reliant sectors and they are "seemingly less likely to attract staff and grow", but the Centre for Future Work says the answer is "stronger awards" and a collective bargaining recovery.
A dumpling chain's HR manager was knowingly concerned in its Fair Work Act contraventions and "did not simply act as a conduit", the Federal Court has held in a liability judgment, finding she also instructed and trained a colleague in a payroll scam using both accurate and inaccurate records.
