A FWC full bench has refused a maintenance worker's bid to challenge his dismissal for failing a drug test and then providing a second, inconclusive sample 13 days later, ruling that he had repudiated his contractual obligation to comply with his employer's fitness for work policy.
Workplace relations is one of three areas the federal government has asked the Australian Law Reform Commission to focus on in next year's review of all Commonwealth legislation.
The High Court has granted the Commonwealth Bank leave to appeal the Federal Court's seminal full court ruling that the implied contractual term of mutual trust and confidence is part of Australian law.
A tribunal has ordered a male traffic controller who s-xually harassed a female colleague to pay her $102,217 compensation, and highlighted the limited options available to women who are victims of humiliating conduct in male-dominated workplaces.
FWC releases bullying guide, flowchart; Vale Terry Ludeke and Keith Marshall; Abetz consulting on appeals jurisdiction policy that's yet to be released, says Opposition.
The Fair Work Commission has taken the unusual step of awarding $10,000 costs against a former Qube Ports employee, in a case that led to the employer asking police to investigate whether an attempt had been made to covertly record a conciliation session.
A manager who "joked" in a Facebook post about s-xually harassing a new male employee "behind the stationery cupboard", and likened their daily work to being an--ly r-ped, has failed to overturn his dismissal for serious misconduct.
A Federal Court full court has resoundingly rejected Linfox's challenge to a FWC full bench ruling in favour of a driver who was sacked for posting derogatory and offensive comments about his managers on Facebook.
The HSU has this week launched legal proceedings to recover millions of dollars of misappropriated funds from a self-described "Mr Fix-It" supplier and the procurement officer for the former HSU East secretary, Michael Williamson.
