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900% increase in monitoring calls reasonable: FWC

A senior FWC member has addressed a First Nations worker's concerns that Services Australia subjected her to an unfair performance management plan, overly monitored her, and failed to provide cultural safety, before leaving no option but to resign.


Teachers' strike turns up heat in election year

Victoria's public school teachers and education support staff will strike again tomorrow after AEU members rejected a second offer from the Allan Labor Government, which would have lifted their pay by at least 28% over four years.


One Nation staffer loses dismissal challenge

A FWC full bench has overturned a finding that PM Anthony Albanese's post-election decision to pare back One Nation's staffing allocation amounted to a dismissal.


RBA deal rejected after "brain drain" warning

Reserve Bank staff have narrowly voted down a unilateral offer after the FSU warned that a proposed 9.5% pay rise over three years would prompt a "brain drain" to more lucrative public and private sector roles.


Not employer's job to discern worker's capacity: FWC

The FWC has upheld the sacking of a public sector worker who claimed without medical proof that his ADHD explained his constant failure to turn up to work or complete tasks.


Mentoring needs justified flex request denial: FWC

A council's desire to have a senior planning team member pass on his wisdom in-person provided reasonable business grounds to refuse his request to work at home for all but six days a month, the FWC has found.


Court to weigh "unreasonable complainant conduct"

The Federal Court will hear a former Health Department compliance evaluator's challenge to the FWC upholding his dismissal for engaging in persistent and unreasonable complainant conduct, including communications that left managers in fear of making adverse decisions.


Push for rapid adoption of labour supplier laws in NSW

New South Wales should set up a standalone labour hire licensing scheme within 12 months that draws on the strengths of the Queensland and Victorian regimes and would give it the best opportunity to influence a long-promised national scheme, according to a new McKell Institute report.


Leader of ANMF rival fails to reverse sacking

The FWC has upheld the dismissal of a nurse who attempted to start a competitor to an ANMF branch, finding that he called in sick and used the time to campaign, repeatedly complained about his colleagues and HR without foundation, and had been "indiscriminately rude".


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