Employers are generally on "solid ground" in suspending or dismissing workers who refuse reasonable directions to be vaccinated to perform their jobs, but face a range of practical difficulties if they take such action, according to Adelaide University Professor of Law, Andrew Stewart.
A hospitality business and its director have been hit with a $36,000 fine after they "snubbed their noses" at the FWC by failing to comply on time with orders to pay an unfairly sacked barista $5780 compensation.
FWC President Iain Ross has told the ALERA national conference that online hearings will continue beyond the pandemic, while the "reset" flowing from COVID-19 requires a renewed focus on social dialogue.
The Public Service Association of NSW has lodged a dispute with the State IRC after the Perrottet Government announced a scheme under which 4500 public sector employees based in the regions will be offered five day's special paid leave if they sign up to help farmers bring in an expected record harvest.
Employers seeking longer notice periods for protected industrial action due to exceptional circumstances might have to provide stronger evidence, after the FWC refused Essential Energy's bid to extend the warning given by the CEPU from three to five days.
Pressure is continuing to mount on all sides of the long-running dispute between the MUA and Qube at the port of Fremantle, following an unsuccessful bid by Western Australia's McGowan Government to have the FWC intervene.
An FWC full bench has today found errors in a ruling that upheld a private school's sacking of a 52-year-old teacher for hugging students and other misdeeds, but has refused to overturn it.
A Filipino worker who relied on her husband to lodge a general protections claim has won more time to file after the FWC accepted his second Pfizer vaccination put him out of action for two days, while the tribunal has granted an extension in another case due to a lawyer's miscounting.
Qantas has told a federal parliamentary inquiry that its decision to outsource almost 1700 ground crew roles is a "permanent shift", despite it continuing to face a Federal Court action seeking their reinstatement.
