A FWC member has rejected claims that she "badgered" a worker seeking anti-bullying orders after establishing that, contrary to his version of events, he would not be required to provide supporting documents until he "pressed the button" on arbitration.
Journalists at Nine Entertainment's publishing arm have accepted a revised in-principle three-year offer that provides improved pay rises and commits the parties to drafting a framework for the "ethical" use of artificial intelligence.
The proposed "right to disconnect" modern award clause is "mostly suitable", but should clarify that the entitlement is a "workplace right" within the meaning of the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions and specify the dispute resolution procedure to follow, an employment and contract law academic says.
The FWC has extended time for a worker's unfair dismissal claim by 24 days because his employer, which "flouted its legal employment obligations and ignored the FWO", withheld his payslips and employment contract, preventing him from identifying the entity that employed him.
The ACTU has accused secretary Sally McManus's favourite NRL team the Parramatta Eels of "overlooking the pain and ongoing struggles of asbestos victims" by signing a multi-year sponsorship with James Hardie.
A delegate of the FWC's general manager has started investigating more than $180,000 in donations reportedly made by the Victorian/Tasmanian branch of the CFMEU's construction division to support a candidate from another registered organisation in an uncontested election in 2022.
Aviation unions say that Rex airline workers have been told that hundreds of their jobs will be cut following the appointment of voluntary administrators, raising questions about when and if they can access their full entitlements.
New Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has called on the CFMEU's construction division to cooperate with the imposition of a government-nominated administrator, arguing that despite its appointment yesterday of an independent investigator the union cannot undertake its own "clean-out".
A FWC full bench has won support from unions and employers for suggested variations to casual employment clauses in awards to avoid friction with Closing Loopholes changes that take effect next month, although the Ai Group has raised a "related issue" it contends needs to be resolved as part of the case.
