The FWC has extended time for a rigger to pursue his alleged sacking because of a union campaign targeting "unskilled backpackers" who supposedly secured offshore jobs ahead of experienced gas and oil workers.
A court has suppressed a former Commonwealth Bank senior executive's originating application and statement of claim for his breach of terms and conditions case, after the employer argued their publication would "imperil" the success of mediation.
Property advisory business Savills has failed to persuade the Federal Court to throw out all of a senior employee's claims of discrimination, victimisation and "extreme and repetitive" s-xual harassment by a managing director.
A workplace racial vilification complaint has failed because it did not meet the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act's requirement that it involve a "public act", in a ruling that also found the self-represented employee a dishonest witness because of his reliance on artificial intelligence to prepare and run his case.
The FWC has expressed "little hope" a Victorian bus operator, the TWU and an unregistered union will strike a deal within a two-week negotiating period before heading to a full bench for an intractable bargaining workplace determination, following a string of failed ballots and a "reversion" to earlier or entrenched positions.
High Court rebuffs academic pay challenge; "No guarantee" lawyers will respond before deadline, says FWC; ABC presenter free to contest sacking; and Bench rejects consolidation order appeal.
In a decision further expanding the breadth of flexibility requests, a senior FWC member has "with some hesitation" found that a warehouse's ban on mobile phones falls under the statutory definition of a "working arrangement" that can be changed.
The FSU is pushing the Commonwealth Bank for agreement-enshrined limits on its ability to monitor workers and use the data, claiming outdated laws are otherwise giving employers "free rein" to monitor every keystroke or conversation and keep tabs on toilet breaks.
FWC to make rare costs order after drug dealing admission; Sacking over flight delay unfair; Text message proves worker resigned; and FIFO worker dismissed when employer stopped paying for flights.
