In a significant ruling on its powers, the NSW IRC will reconsider a nurse's victimisation claims after overturning a finding it lacked the power to order that a disciplinary warning be removed from her file.
A FWC member has expressed amazement that an employer "pinned" alleged timesheet fraud on an employee when in fact his former manager performed the work.
A Victorian restaurant has asked the High Court to hear a constitutional challenge to the State's wage theft laws, arguing that the nation's first criminal prosecution for allegedly breaching the provisions is invalid.
A court has found that a wife employed by her barrister husband can seek compensation for unpaid wages, because the claim is based on their employment relationship, not their marital relationship, but she cannot claim wages from more than six years ago.
The Albanese Government should pilot a lower-paying visa subclass for aged care and disability care to plug gaps in publicly funded services, according to the Productivity Commission, which otherwise recommends replacing skill shortage lists with minimum wage thresholds of at least $70,000.
The NSW ALP's election pledge to scrap the Perrottet Government's public sector wage cap carries "significant risks", according to the State's Parliament Budget Office.
The FWC has lambasted a senior government employee for their "reprehensible" attempts to prompt a witness by sending texts during a remote hearing of an unvaccinated worker's unfair dismissal case.
In a decision exploring what constitutes a disciplinary investigation, a FWC full bench has quashed a finding that a public transport agency must pay a group of train drivers blocked from attending work after failing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccination policy.
In what might present another opportunity for the Albanese Government to deliver on its promise to rebalance the FWC, the Productivity Commission says it should empower the tribunal to conciliate and arbitrate gig workers' termination and payment disputes.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a disability services manager for including false information on a form, leading to her employer improperly claiming fees and endangering its federal funding.
