Bills sent to Senate inquiries; BHP SJSP test case to conclude mid-month; New head for Diversity Council; and 10-year suppression order in Lattouf case.
The FWC has backed a school's refusal to let a coordinator perform her executive role part-time for the first two terms when she returns from parental leave, supporting its offer of a lower-paying teacher position and noting it is not simply "serving customers who are buying widgets".
ACTU president Michele O'Neil has accused Nippon Paper's Opal subsidiary of abusing its power by locking out about 300 workers from a Latrobe Valley mill for three weeks and counting, after seven CFMEU members took six hours of protected action.
A bus driver who "blatantly breached" road rules and his employer's policies when he took his hands off the wheel, removed his phone from his pocket and used it while driving "fabricated" his explanation that in fact he had in fact been holding his diary, the FWC has ruled after viewing CCTV footage more than 20 times.
The Albanese Government has introduced legislation to guarantee three days a week of subsidised child care and remove the "activity test", while non-government senators have introduced Bills to cap salaries for senior executives in the federal public sector and universities and to raise superannuation for firefighters and paramedics to match that of Defence personnel.
Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has weighed into Virgin's potential selection as chief executive of former Qantas chief operating officer Paul Jones, who participated in the Flying Kangaroo's decision to unlawfully outsource 1700 ground handling jobs at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
The FWC has thrown out a gym attendant's bid for anti-bullying orders, but not before giving his former employer Spotless some advice on how to better respond to complaints and not "overstep" the mark when restricting the reporting of safety concerns.
The FWC has found a Glencore worker did not qualify for unfair dismissal protection as he exceeded the $175,000 high income protection threshold, despite bringing home significantly below this while on a salary continuance scheme reducing his pay by 25%.
The UFU has been ordered to pay indemnity costs to Fire Rescue Victoria after a full Federal Court found that its challenge to FWC production orders was both "misconceived" and doomed in the face of binding authorities.
CFMEU construction division administrator Mark Irving KC has announced a new probe into violence, threats and menacing conduct in Queensland, just as the union confirms the sudden exit of the state branch's recently-installed executive director.
