A worker who lodged a general protections claim after the FWC discontinued their unfair dismissal application has not offended the Fair Work Act's anti-double dipping provisions after the onset of a severe mental health condition left them unable to pursue their initial challenge, the tribunal has held.
The TWU is asking the FWC to hear in tandem its separate bids for intractable bargaining declaration bids at two Cleanaway Waste Management sites, but the company has no truck with that view, saying the context at each location is "very different".
The FWC has rejected an employer's argument that commissions should not be included in calculating compensation for an account manager found to have been unfairly sacked after refusing to get a COVID-19 jab.
The FWC has refused to extend a zombie deal, ruling workers should not have to "endure [its] substandard conditions" to give the employer time to implement a new payroll system.
A FWC deputy president has taken aim at a full bench's quashing of one of his decisions, saying it appears members are "expected to essentially run around in a series of ever decreasing circles" when parties change their representation status.
An IR expert says there is "no time to delay" for those needing to prepare before key Loopholes Bill measures take effect, while employer peak bodies claim new rights for union delegates have "huge implications" for how businesses engage with workers.
The Federal Court has refused to restrain the United Workers Union from dismissing two organisers who claim it subjected them to unlawful adverse action, finding the union's evidence "all-but-overwhelming".
The FWC has upheld the "procedurally inadequate" sacking of a chef who bit and slapped colleagues but has reproached his employer for failing to act sooner to curb his conduct, finding it unacceptable even where consensual and unable to be justified as "horseplay or friendly banter".
The lobby group representing Australia's mining goliaths says the last-minute Senate deal to pass slabs of the Closing Loopholes legislation amounts to the Albanese Government declaring "war" on the resources sector and the national economy.
