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Intentions exclude "coastal" depot workers from allowance

The FWC has refused to resolve a dispute about whether a remote locality allowance should be calculated on travel by road or "as the crow flies", but has determined, based on the parties' intentions, that a new Gladstone depot would not be covered by the allowance because it is "coastal" rather than remote.


Accord at Patrick, 27 years after docks war

Wharfies have near-unanimously voted up a "historic" Patrick Stevedores deal that provides pay rises of at least 10% over three years, a $2000 bonus and a super boost, eight months before the nominal expiry of the current agreement, and coinciding with the anniversary of the 1998 waterfront dispute.


Consent IBD granted as "sophisticated" parties spin wheels

The FWC has granted stevedore Qube an AWU-supported IBD to resolve, with no post-declaration negotiating period, an impasse over the pay rates, wage increases, sign-on bonus and income protection the union wants to secure in a new deal.


Tribunal scotches sacking for deleting emails, files

A property manager who returned home to down scotch and cokes with her sister following a panic attack during her working time has won $9,000 compensation, after the FWC found her real estate agent employer failed to establish that the hours-long drinking session coincided with her remotely accessing its IT system and deleting and forwarding her emails and other documents.


BHP to haggle over ETU's "reasonable" pay demands

The ETU is seeking 4.5% annual pay rises for BHP's high voltage and power workers in the Pilbara, having put a majority support application on hold after the miner agreed to bargain.


Expanded portable LSL scheme to hit employers

Thousands of businesses outside the building sector might be liable for millions of dollars in long service entitlements after a court finding that certain EnergyAustralia and Detector Inspector workers are captured by Victoria's portable LSL scheme, warns scheme authority LeavePlus.


WFH resignation a refusal to accept productivity test: FWC

In a decision laying bare one business's struggle to balance productivity and work-from-home arrangements, the FWC has concluded that it did not force a new father to resign when it told him to return to the office and increase his output.


Last lap for dancer found to be contractor

A lap dancer who worked in a club in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley cannot proceed with her general protections claim after the FWC found she is an independent contractor.


Umpire rules lawyer's footy-fest out of bounds

In a decision questioning the value of medical certificates issued over the internet, a senior FWC member has excoriated a Melbourne lawyer after finding he claimed sick days in order to attend the AFL's Gather Round in Adelaide and "inexcusabl[y]" provided false evidence in pursuing his unfair dismissal case.


No sin bin for underpaying Catholic schools: Court

Catholic school employers have escaped penalties for withholding backpay from two teachers who resigned before new agreements' retrospective pay rises came into effect, a judge finding that the deals' ambiguities contributed to the "honest and reasonable" mistake.


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