A court has upped from $20,000 to $90,000 the general damages payout for a veteran chief accountant subjected to age discrimination and is considering billing his former employer a further $142,000 for economic loss, after hearing he is "no longer the same man" and is unable to work.
An employer has failed to establish that it genuinely made a software engineer redundant, in part because it should have offered her a lower-paying job available at a related entity in India.
The Albanese Government has appointed its secretary for public sector reform, Gordon de Brouwer, as the new Australian Public Service Commissioner, as the federal public sector prepares for a return to centralised bargaining.
The FWC will provide a tribunal member to help Apple, the SDA, the ASU, RAFFWU and well over 100 individual bargaining representatives negotiate a new deal, after observing the dynamic and an ineffective process is causing "logistical issues" as they pursue about 500 claims.
The RBA is continuing to warn about the dangers of a wage-price spiral, saying the chances of it have declined, but could rise again if the FWC awards a "large" minimum rise this year or government employers ease or drop pay caps.
The Albanese Government has committed today to establishing an interim national agency from July 1 to manage the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, ahead of legislating a permanent body, after a long campaign by unions pushing for a "just transition".
NTEU members have voted to escalate industrial action, including another state-wide strike, if Victorian universities maintain their refusal to of union demands to replace most casual jobs with permanent positions.
An NDIS service provider must compensate a sacked disability worker held to have deliberately kneed an autistic client in the head and called him a "little c-nt", after the FWC found the employer failed to allow him to utilise an internal appeal channel, a process unknown to its in-house lawyer and HR manager.
Health unions have called for extra measures to ensure that on July 1 aged care employers pass on a full 15% work value pay rise, which is worth $11.3 billion over four years.
The SDA is gearing up to take further action against McDonald's fast food outlets after a settlement in which a franchisee coughed up $275,000 and confessed to waging a union-busting campaign and pressuring part-timers to become casuals, despite denying it in court documents.
