A FIFO chemist on a Santos-operated vessel who resigned after seeking an "appropriate safe job" while pregnant and challenging instructions to hasten her return from parental leave has established that her employer's cumulative conduct forced her hand.
A Federal Court judge has expressed scepticism about the "training" provided to contravening union officials by a former FWC presidential member, questioning whether such an "ad hoc" response ensures future compliance with workplace laws.
A "church" that sacked a worker for getting a COVID-19 jab after it hired her to sell medicinal cannabis has lost its second appeal against decisions clearing the way for her to contest her dismissal.
As the Albanese Government pushes for the passage of its Closing Loopholes legislation that provides new protections for "employee-like" workers, the ABS has revealed its first "experimental estimates" indicating that digital platform workers account for 1% of the working population and most commonly perform food delivery and personal transport tasks.
In a full bench decision exploring what constitutes work-related conduct, essential services provider Ventia has failed to knock out the reinstatement of a firefighter who shared an Only Fans video and a meme showing three naked women in a "sickos" Facebook group of current and former colleagues.
Teal Independent MPs Kate Chaney, Zoe Daniel and Allegra Spender today backed the four single-issue Bills derived from the Closing Loopholes legislation, but the Government and Greens defeated an Opposition bid - supported by all of the Teals - to immediately bring on debate in the lower house.
The FWC is calling for submissions by December 4 in response to a discussion paper set to inform its modern awards review of coverage, gaps and minimum standards in the arts and culture sector, while interested parties have a week to comment on the consultation process.
A victim of "appalling" domestic violence did not need to provide independent medical advice to explain why she filed an unfair dismissal application almost four months late, the FWC has found.
The FWC's July award wage increases do not appear to have resulted in "larger-than-normal spillovers" to non-award workers' wages, and some employers report offsetting Annual Wage Review rises by providing lower increases for workers on individual contracts or covered by agreements, according to the Reserve Bank.
Employment rights legal centre JobWatch says a client survey suggests most employers are failing to take internal complaints of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination seriously or to adequately protect employees, prompting recommendations to expand positive duty and vicarious liability provisions, and actively monitor compliance.
