The FWC has rebuffed an employer's bid to suppress the identities of employees cited in a manager's witness statement for an intractable bargaining case, after highlighting that they had not sought that their conversations or names be kept secret.
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.
A FWC member has found it "curious" a lawyer did not take responsibility for the late filing of an unfair dismissal claim when she blamed a worker's failure to prioritise it while focussing on a newborn and her mother-in-law's serious illness.
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Using suspension powers to compel a clinical nurse with a career spanning 60 years to work day shifts was unfair and unreasonable as it conflicted with her caring duties, while also being unintentionally "quite cruel", Queensland's IRC has found.
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The FSU is demanding AMP revise "draconian" flat rate employment contracts that allow video monitoring of employees working from home, claiming some also seek to undermine right to disconnect laws by requiring out-of-hours engagement with it and third parties.
The FWC has upheld a worker's flexible work request after his employer ended an informal 13-year arrangement, in a decision reaffirming the precedence of the NES, even when it is inconsistent with the terms of an enterprise agreement.
A tribunal has found an "extremely accommodating" Queensland Health acted fairly and reasonably in its treatment of a worker's largely unsuccessful bid to expand her flexible work arrangement.
Conference tomorrow for crucial WFH case; Research program finalised for FWC gig, transport cases; and ACT delays start of expanded portable leave scheme.
