A High Court majority has today deemed Uber drivers' fares for performing driving work to be wages for the purpose of NSW payroll tax legislation, in a ruling that might have implications for efforts to extend the IR system's regulation of platforms and gig workers.
A senior Commonwealth Bank employee failed to disclose his connection with a mortgage broker, defied the employer's bans on using WeChat and his personal mobile phone to arrange home loans and then paraded "a chaotic collection of lies, nonsense, poorly matched ideas, and manufactured responses" in his doomed unfair dismissal case in the FWC.
The FWC has rejected the United Firefighters Union's claim that its history of disputes with a government employer's IR advisor meant he could not impartially investigate serious misconduct allegations against a member.
A FWC presidential member has likened the Fair Work Act's unfair deactivation provisions to a 1993 movie that is a popular culture symbol of endless, pointless repetition, saying the excessively complex laws clash with the statutory mandate for the tribunal to perform its functions in a manner that is "quick, informal and avoids unnecessary technicalities".
A FWC full bench has upheld an order for an employee to pay the maximum amount of costs permitted under the Fair Work Regulations, after he unreasonably "persisted" with his unfair dismissal claim despite knowing he did not meet the qualifying period, due to his misguided reliance on artificial intelligence.
The FWC has found an agreement does not entitle workers to redundancy pay if they are unable to obtain or refuse to obtain a newly-required high level security clearance.
The NTEU says a neurodiversity clause in a medical research institute's proposed agreement represents a "cultural shift" in how workplaces provide support, committing to a proactive, low-burden approach that will not necessarily require employees to obtain an official diagnosis.
Reservations about a neuroscientist's "candour" have not stopped a court from agreeing to hear his late application alleging Australia's leading brain research institute forced him to resign after he raised concerns about funding expenditure, while he at the same time defends claims that he "misused" confidential information.
In a first for the Fair Work Act's new road transport contractor regime, the FWC has ordered a courier company to enter into a new services contract with a parcel delivery driver after finding it "unwittingly" and unfairly terminated her previous one.
No evidence of "witch hunt"; Missing dismissal letter explained late application; 336 days an insurmountable barrier; No joy for sacked DUI worker on sub mission; and Poor mental health did not cover whole delay.
