The FWC has found Australia Post's failure to meet its service commitments to blame for a worker's late unfair dismissal claim, with his express mail held up in the tribunal's PO box despite it paying for a daily delivery service.
A senior FWC member has backed a university's approach to consultations ahead of planned job cuts, while observing its unsustainable financial position makes redundancies "inevitable".
An IR lawyer predicts more cases will "explore the boundaries" of the Albanese Government's workplace changes this year, while the new bargaining regime has brought about a fundamental psychological shift for those involved in negotiations.
The MEU has sought High Court leave to intervene in the Coal LSL challenge to a finding that Orica's obligation to make contributions to the scheme on behalf of shotfirers ceased in 2022 when it sold a separate business providing services to underground mines.
The FWC has found that an employer had no reasonable option other than to dismiss a worker who persistently refused to comply with its hybrid working policy, based on his belief that his employment contract provided an "unconditional" right to work from home.
Senior DEWR official Sarah Godden, labour market economist Jeff Borland and elite athlete IR representative Brendan Schwab have been recognised in the Australia Day honours list.
The FWC has delivered on its vow to expeditiously insert a far broader delegates' rights term in all awards in response to a full court last month finding its initial attempt "impermissibly confined", a judgment that prompted the Commission to thank parties for their patience because of resultant delays to approval of agreements.
Launceston Council's chief executive says he cannot thank the ASU enough for its role in negotiating an Australian-first in-principle deal enshrining a four-day work week with "five-day wages", further declaring that he would like the model enshrined in law "right across this country".
A major meat processor that chose to go unrepresented in objecting to a majority support determination has failed to establish the FWC treated it unfairly, with a full bench finding it had specialist HR support and knew how to prosecute its case.
