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.
The NTEU has claimed a significant win for job security in the tertiary sector, persuading the FWC that the recruitment clause in a sandstone university's agreement favours ongoing casual and fixed-term employees over external candidates when permanent or longer fixed-term roles come up.
The NTEU says Monash University will be liable for millions of dollars in backpay after the Federal Court today found it is required to pay casual tutors for scheduled consultations with students that don't count as part of work "associated" with tutoring.
A former ATO director who claims sustained bullying and harassment forced her to move to the AEC has failed to establish it constitutes a dismissal, after she used the Public Service Act's voluntary transfer provisions.
CPSU Victoria has secured the first public sector multi-employer agreement under the Secure Jobs provisions, providing 3% annual increases over four years to 1800 workers in State arts and cultural institutions.
