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MEAA to test fixed-term contract limits at Auntie

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance has taken the national public broadcaster to the Federal Court, claiming it is flouting new limits on fixed-term contracts by putting a Play School producer on his third such arrangement.


Union ranks split over train peace deal

A FWC full bench has expressed disappointment a "demarcation dispute" might derail a Sydney Trains multi-deal despite in-principle agreement, as it gives bargaining parties a 5pm deadline to consider its recommendation to resolve an outstanding ETU claim.


Academic's anti-woke crusade cut short by court

A judge has binned the $7.5 million lawsuit of an academic claiming his "oppressor characteristics" made him a victim of a university's diversity policies, observing that while he might have "a very legitimate gripe", industrial laws are not the platform to advance his crusade against "woke ideology".


Council loses medicinal cannabis appeal

A FWC full bench has reinforced that a member did not expressly condemn using medicinal marijuana for pain management in a safety-critical role because it was not relevant to considering whether a council harshly sacked a worker who switched prescriptions to one containing THC.


Public sector gender pay gap halved

The Federal public sector gender pay gap has more than halved in a year, falling from 13.5% to 6.4%, but employers could still improve on men's uptake of paid parental leave, according to a new WGEA report that includes individual agencies' remuneration disparities for the first time.


Fire service's "disturbing" response to underpayments

A government agency has been scolded for failing to pay travel allowances after admitting that it slipped its notice that the claims had been processed manually by two firefighters, one of whom retired while the other went on extended leave.


Court refuses to transfer senior ATO manager's GP case

The Australian Tax Office has failed to win a transfer to the Federal Court of a deputy commissioner's adverse action claim against it and senior executives including its chief people officer, after his sacking for underperformance.


FWC directs employer to review bullying finding

In a shot in the arm for a paramedic transferred 350km away after an investigator found he bullied a female colleague, a full bench has ruled that bullying falls within a "spectrum of seriousness" and ordered the redetermination of whether he engaged in serious misconduct.



Crisafulli's "nation-leading" pay pledge in doubt: Union

The QNMU says the Crisafulli Liberal Government has reneged on a commitment to maintain "nation-leading" wages and conditions for the State's nurses and midwives, with an offer that will leave two-thirds of them worse off in three years and hand the competitive edge to Victoria.


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