The FWC has given the go-ahead to a scientist's adverse action case despite claims she "played" the employer by obtaining a reference stating she resigned for health reasons, before refusing to sign a release deed and initiating legal action.
The ANMF is calling on the Albanese Government to impose rules requiring aged care providers to pass on to workers all funding for recently-awarded pay rises, while the FWC is conciliating disputes between the union and multiple employers it claims are "refusing" or threatening to rip up deals.
The FSU has launched a Federal Court test case against NAB over alleged unreasonable additional working hours in what the union warns is "just the start" for the industry.
A parliamentary inquiry has recommended that the Albanese Government ratify an ILO convention that sets a minimum working age, to protect children's "health, safety and morals".
A judge has blasted a company's request for no penalty for flouting IR laws, describing it as "one of the most extraordinary submissions, if not the most extraordinary submission" on fines he had heard in more than 15 years.
Stevedoring giant Qube has failed to head off a multi-million lawsuit after the FWC found it had no standing to seek retrospective agreement variations affecting dockworkers' pay.
Teal MP Monique Ryan's chief of staff has failed to win an interim injunction to maintain her position while pursuing her claim that the Federal Government sacked her for refusing to work unreasonable extra hours and subjected her to "hostile conduct".
Parliament has passed Labor's first tranche of legislation to expand paid parental leave, ahead of further changes due to be made before July next year.
An employer alleging a "rogue" HR contractor's misconduct robbed it of a chance to defend a supervisor's unfair dismissal claim has failed to convince the FWC to revoke a decision that left it with a $34,000 compensation bill.
