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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The FWC has held that it has no power under the Fair Work Act's flexible work dispute provisions to deal with a National Australia Bank worker's challenge to the cancellation of her WFH flexibility arrangement after she allegedly failed to comply with its terms.
Workers should not refuse to resolve bullying at a workplace level just because they have an anti-bullying case underway, the FWC has found in dismissing a chief executive's claim against her husband during divorce proceedings, finding only a single instance of unreasonable conduct.
The FAAA and the TWU have confirmed they will push for a Virgin Australia employee share program if the airline goes ahead with plans to re-list on the ASX in June.
