In a decision illustrating the challenges of managing high-performing employees, a member of Woolworths' e-commerce team has failed to persuade the FWC that her manager and supervisor bullied her during a tense period sparked by receiving a lower annual rating than usual.
The SDA's Victorian branch has secured a 46% pay increase for labour-hire workers at a major Woolworths distribution centre, after they previously received a flat rate regardless of experience.
A senior HR manager has failed to establish that Uniqlo forced her to resign by rejecting her requests to return two days a week after parental leave, the FWC noting she was "clearly aware" of her right to lodge a flexible work dispute.
A FWC full bench has today rejected a bid by BHP Coal and its OS entities to issue highly-specific, restrictive orders to give effect to July's landmark same-job, same-pay decision for the resource giant's Bowen Basin coal mines, warning that the proposed descriptions of those covered could undermine the scheme's purpose and be "swiftly evaded".
A school has failed to overturn orders to pay a former teacher maximum compensation after her dismissal for allegedly yelling at misbehaving students, after a FWC full bench found no reason to suggest any bias by the tribunal member or that his findings represented a "gross slur" on the employer's witnesses.
The FWC has ordered Qube to reinstate a stevedore sacked after his manager spotted him out for dinner while on leave to grieve a relative's death, finding the worker reasonably concluded it would be unsafe to attend his shift.
The SDA is calling for stronger regulation of the retail sector to protect workers from psychosocial hazards linked to excessive workloads, understaffing, and customer abuse, with safety rails around the use of AI.
In a significant judgment on how far liability extends during industrial action, a court has found the MUA not responsible for a member telling a Qube shift manager "you'll end up dead dog" for crossing a picket line in 2021.
An Uber driver who varied his schedule slightly but worked every weekend until he filed his unfair deactivation claim clearly demonstrated "some form of repetitive pattern" and performed work "on a regular basis", the FWC has ruled.
The High Court has refused leave to appeal a finding that an international IT company must pay long service leave to an employee who worked the bulk of his 10-year tenure in India, a few years in Victoria, but qualified under Queensland's more flexible LSL laws as he transferred in time to serve out part of his post-resignation notice period.
