The FWC has held that it has no power under the Fair Work Act's flexible work dispute provisions to deal with a National Australia Bank worker's challenge to the cancellation of her WFH flexibility arrangement after she allegedly failed to comply with its terms.
The Coalition has reversed its stance on working from home in the federal public sector, while also shifting its position on slashing the APS workforce by 41,000, saying it will now be achieved over five years by natural attrition and hiring freezes, but the CPSU is warning this will still have a "devastating" effect on services.
Workers should not refuse to resolve bullying at a workplace level just because they have an anti-bullying case underway, the FWC has found in dismissing a chief executive's claim against her husband during divorce proceedings, finding only a single instance of unreasonable conduct.
The FWC has found a supervisor's "grossly inappropriate" treatment of young subordinates amounted to a significant breach of his obligations and warranted his summary dismissal.
Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has hinted at further IR election policies, while accusing the Liberal Party of directly lifting commitments to slash the public service and wind back WFH, diversity and inclusion policies from Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency playbook.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of an employee who worked outside the scope of her role - potentially exposing her employer to liability - despite "defects" in the employer's processes.
The FWC has found employer unfairly dismissed a worker when it cut his shifts after he took up work at a competing branch of the same franchise, because it wanted workers committed to the "awesomeness" of the business.
The Ai Group has hinted at a potential "consensus" in a FWC-initiated case with economy-wide implications to consider inserting WFH provisions in the clerks award, while expressing concern that it would be "unfair" to require submissions ahead of results of a survey on the issue, with the tribunal now persuaded to ditch the deadline and hold a conference.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed in tonight's Budget speech that if the Albanese Government is returned for a second term, it will prohibit non-compete clauses for workers on incomes below $175,000 a year, from 2027.
A tribunal has ordered a lawyer to pay more than $41,000 of the $371,000 in costs Legal Aid Queensland accrued in defending her "protracted" discrimination and victimisation claims, finding her legal knowledge and lack of supporting evidence justified an order against her.
