Slater & Gordon says it "continues to believe" following a forensic investigation that its former interim CPO was not responsible for sending a "malicious" email containing employees' purported salary details and performance scores.
The ASU has lodged a single interest multi-employer bargaining authorisation to force eight Melbourne metropolitan councils to negotiate for a deal covering 7000 local government workers, or up to 10,000 if petitions at a further three councils succeed.
A tribunal has rejected a bid by the NSW Department of Education to block SafeWork from cross-examining a witness and from relying on previously redacted evidence on the basis of public interest immunity.
The FWC has rebuffed an employer's bid to suppress the identities of employees cited in a manager's witness statement for an intractable bargaining case, after highlighting that they had not sought that their conversations or names be kept secret.
A tribunal has ordered a lawyer to pay more than $41,000 of the $371,000 in costs Legal Aid Queensland accrued in defending her "protracted" discrimination and victimisation claims, finding her legal knowledge and lack of supporting evidence justified an order against her.
A FWC member has found it "curious" a lawyer did not take responsibility for the late filing of an unfair dismissal claim when she blamed a worker's failure to prioritise it while focussing on a newborn and her mother-in-law's serious illness.
Marles staffer settles bullying dispute; $70K fine for Qube; Next ECEC "batch" approved; and Public servant protections not reliant on uniforms: Inquiry.
Using suspension powers to compel a clinical nurse with a career spanning 60 years to work day shifts was unfair and unreasonable as it conflicted with her caring duties, while also being unintentionally "quite cruel", Queensland's IRC has found.
Call to amend definition of "franchisor"; New deputy for ASU national office; Unions NSW wins contract to run migrant workers' centre; and Lesson in death benefits failure for super fund: O'Neil
The FSU is demanding AMP revise "draconian" flat rate employment contracts that allow video monitoring of employees working from home, claiming some also seek to undermine right to disconnect laws by requiring out-of-hours engagement with it and third parties.
