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Employer "disingenuous" in reprising PABO objections

The FWC has found two types of proposed industrial action against an employer unlawful because they lack specificity, but has also labelled the company "disingenuous" for objecting to the original PABO, withdrawing its concerns and then re-ventilating them a month later.


Crypto manager's award claim lacks substance: FWC

The FWC has observed that an employer "is not a charity", in rejecting a claim from a former risk manager for an insolvent cryptocurrency trader that his award-covered role did not change despite successive $50,000 promotions over just 15 months.


SDA backing looms large in Coles deal approval

A FWC full bench led by President Adam Hatcher has approved the new Coles supermarkets agreement, after according "significant weight" to the SDA representing at least 33 times more Coles employees than RAFFWU and rejecting the latter's claims that workers did not "genuinely agree" to it.


"Get the coffees" request not discriminatory: FWC

The FWC has backed a global company's HR processes after dismissing a senior employee's claim that she had no option but to resign when an investigation rejected her portrayal of a male colleague asking her to "get the coffees" during a client workshop as s-xual harassment.


Union allies with Labor in defiance of internal rules

The ASU's Together Queensland branch has quietly affiliated with the Labor Party on behalf of its 24,000-strong public sector division – at a cost of $180,000 a year – despite a requirement in its rules requiring majority support for such a move and before the FWC approved an amendment removing the obligation.


Airport worker's emails to high fliers warrant extension: FWC

The FWC has extended time for a Swissport worker to pursue a four-minute late adverse action claim given the "significant steps" he took to dispute his sacking, including sending unanswered emails to the company's head of Asia Pacific operations, global chief people officer and head of global operations.


FWC directs Woolies, union to consult over 1000 disputes

The FWC has directed senior representatives of supermarket giant Woolworths and the UWU to meet and seek to resolve more than 1000 disputes Australia-wide over a new productivity framework in the company's warehouses, after an individual brought his grievance with the regime to the tribunal.


Hairdresser's two-year restraint too long: Court

A court has found a low-paid casual hairdresser's two-year restraint on poaching clients "void and unenforceable" because it is "significantly longer" than necessary to protect her former employer's legitimate business interests, taking into account the absence of compensation for the non-compete clause and the nature of client relationships.


Reforms to curb local government corruption risks: Cotsis

The Minns Labor Government is introducing legislation to ensure senior local government executives are covered by an award or other IRC-approved industrial instrument, in response to anti-corruption commission findings that standard contract provisions might pose a corruption risk.


FWC rounds on employer's "unconscionable" conduct

The FWC has rejected an employer's claim that a company secretary's "time limited" contract merely expired, finding it gave her no choice but to give up her permanent role by making an offer "infected with misrepresentation, misleading conduct and duress".


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