The Federal Court has granted Services Australia leave to appeal a finding that it took adverse action against a worker based on his race or s-xuality when it sacked him for punching a colleague in the head.
The FWC has allowed a six-days-late disability discrimination case to proceed after accepting that the paid agent engaged to file the application entered the wrong name and employer.
The FWC has allowed a six-day-late disability discrimination case to proceed after accepting that the paid agent engaged to file the application entered the wrong name and employer.
An employer had a valid reason to sack a foreign exchange dealer who secretly worked from Bali and Singapore while presenting himself as working from home, but the FWC has found its procedural failings rendered the dismissal unfair.
Lawyers to oppose HR manager's reinstatement; "Apprehension of bias well-founded": Judge; Sham contracting case shelved; and Train drivers not "systematically overworked": Full court.
The High Court has refused special leave to appeal a ruling that a former chief commercial officer improperly disclosed supplier contacts after leaving his employer of ten years for its competitor.
A court has rejected arguments that certain industry obligations constitute workplace laws under the Fair Work Act, rejecting a worker's claim that responsible service of alcohol laws regulate employment relationships.
A director repeatedly targeted by the FWO who "brazenly" continued operating businesses despite a restraining order and habitually and deliberately underpaid workers has been ordered to stump-up $479,000 in penalties against him and his companies.
The FWC has ordered a university to allow an advisor to work from home one day a week, despite finding it had reasonable business grounds to reject the two-days-a-week WFH flexibility request she made on the basis of her age.
A court has declined to hear discrimination cases brought by three health workers sacked mid-pandemic for refusing COVID-19 jabs, finding no merit in their arguments that being unvaccinated should be treated as a disability.
