Saudi Arabia's Australian cultural mission has succeeded in sidelining a Federal Court judge from sitting on a full bench that is reviewing whether it is protected by diplomatic immunity from underpayment claims brought by 45 former employees.
A FWC full bench has dived into the legislative intent behind several key Fair Work Act provisions to find that a presidential member should have determined whether Corrections Victoria "in fact" dismissed a prison officer when it demoted and transferred him, instead of making her extension of time decision on the "assumption" it sacked him.
A FWC full bench has ruled that Victoria's fire chief displayed an appearance of bias when he decided to suspend two workers for allegedly accessing private work emails at United Firefighters Union Victorian branch secretary Peter Marshall's request.
A surveillance operative has lost his unfair sacking case against Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog, after the FWC found his dangerous pursuit of a vehicle during a stakeout and his "dishonest" post-incident report provided two valid reasons.
A judge has slapped an $8000 penalty on a major Commonwealth department after expressing astonishment that it does not have a "human or technological" system in place to ensure it pays dismissed employees their correct entitlements.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a nurse who "accidentally defibrillated" a patient, finding that she refused to take responsibility for the incident and rejecting claims her dismissal followed targeted bullying.
The FWC has criticised a government department's premature destruction of CCTV footage that might have revealed the truth about a sacked bus cleaner's alleged theft of a handbag left on board.
Extra protections are a step closer for federal public servants, contractors and volunteers after the Albanese Government re-introduced legislation carrying possible jail time for those breaching stay-away orders after threatening violence.
The FWC has pointed to a Victoria Police branch's brush with the "red line threshold" for public sector service delivery as reinforcing the business case for rejecting a prosecutor's request to work from home on Mondays.
The FWC has ordered reinstatement for a professor who sent "intimate and romantic" messages to a student, including a photo of himself in his boxers, finding that his seven-year unblemished record since his recently-uncovered relationship mitigated his behaviour.
