Mining giant Glencore failed to pay the full amount of untaken long service leave to a redundant management employee because it miscalculated his base pay, the Federal Court has found.
Woolworths claims a class action seeking underpayments of $300 million more than it self-disclosed is "without merit", given it has already committed to fully repay any shortfall.
A CommSec manager sacked for breaching 'Banking 101' procedures has been denied a second hearing of her unfair dismissal claim on appeal grounds declared "trivial and spurious" by an FWC full bench.
The FWC has upheld the dismissal of a long-serving security guard summarily dismissed after his corner-cutting habits while patrolling a "potentially dangerous" public housing estate were confirmed by a supervisor posing as a trainee.
An FWC member has rejected a big employer's call to recuse himself from an unfair dismissal case, finding that his long familiarity with its processes and people remained "beneficial" to the parties despite having recently had one of his decisions involving the company overturned on appeal.
Maintenance contractor SNC-Lavalin has told the ETU it will no longer insist that electricians at a CSG project undergo pre-employment blood tests to assess their risk of heart attacks, after the union sought a Federal Court injunction on the basis that it breached privacy principles governing the collection of sensitive health information.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a Sydney Harbour ferry master who fell asleep while in control of his vessel after taking an over-the-counter cough mixture.
The Federal Court has ordered costs against a CSIRO scientist who falsely accused colleagues of s-xual harassment and discrimination, while also fining the agency for a complaint-handling failure it sought to "trivialise".
The FWC has reinstated an immigration detention centre officer sacked for consuming alcohol before an unscheduled shift, finding his behaviour fell short of serious misconduct.
RAFFWU is suing a McDonald's franchise that allegedly required workers to find a replacement if they took sick leave, told them they had to call in sick by 10pm the night before scheduled shifts and denied them proper breaks.
