Serco Sodexo Defence Services Pty Ltd is facing a $12 million redundancy bill after abandoning three appeals in which it was arguing that its efforts to find new work for hundreds of retrenched employees should reduce its redundancy payout.
The TWU has defended its handling of "questionable conduct" by two former secretaries of its WA branch over the purchase of two $150,000 "luxury utilities", which has been investigated by the Heydon Royal Commission.
The so-called practice of "double dipping" into government and employer-funded paid parental leave schemes will end from July 1 next year and employers will no longer act as "paymasters" administering the government-funded component to employees under a new Bill tabled in federal parliament.
The wife of Sydney identity George Alex received a text message in 2013 which told her to give "2500 to Darren", the Heydon Royal Commission has been told.
A health, safety and environment coordinator has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that exceptions such as sick leave and inclement weather meant the overtime component of his salary was not "guaranteed" so should not disqualify him from unfair dismissal protection.
A bus company took adverse action against a driver and TWU delegate when it made a last-minute decision to sub-contract a charter job he had been scheduled to perform, but has established that it did so because of a staff shortage that might have reduced its ability to meet its core service obligations under government contracts, the Federal Court has found.
The FWC has assessed the value of the private use of an iPad, in determining whether an employee's income exceeded the $133,000 income cap that applied to unfair dismissal claims until yesterday.
The FWC has found that a team leader who spent the night of his work Christmas party intimidating and sexually harassing colleagues and telling superiors to f--k off was unfairly dismissed, and has questioned whether companies can insist on compliance with conduct standards at functions when they provide "unlimited service of free alcohol".
In a rare arbitrated adverse action ruling, the Fair Work Commission has ordered a real estate business to pay a former manager more than $20,000 compensation - including $3,000 for hurt, humiliation and distress - after finding it acted unlawfully against her, including when it forced her to resign after a long absence.
Fair Work Commission Vice President Michael Lawler says he has been under "enormous and sustained personal stress" since 2011, due to legal proceedings and media reportage involving his partner, former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson.
