A senior FWC member has decided not to throw out a worker's unfair dismissal application on her own initiative after he was six minutes' late for a phone conference, failed to comply with directions and complained the tribunal ignored the "human aspect".
A parliamentary inquiry into the future of the working week will probe questions such as whether the disruption caused by COVID-19 has created an opportunity and impetus for introducing a four-day week.
The FWC has today confirmed variations to casual terms in five "stage one" awards will come into effect late next month in order to comply with changes made to the Fair Work Act as part of the Morrison Government's IR Omnibus Bill.
In an expensive case for Queensland Police that is said to affirm the rights of entry permit holders federally, the State's Court of Appeal has quashed a finding that a group of union officials trespassed by refusing to leave when an employer denied them entry.
Thousands of truck drivers are on Friday set to deliver on their threat to "cripple" food and fuel supplies across Australia after the collapse of last-ditch talks over a new deal with the country's biggest road freight company, Toll.
The FWC has questioned the choices that left two sacked childcare workers out of pocket despite being awarded compensation of 21 weeks' pay, observing that a "realistic" approach to the employer's settlement offer would have avoided costs that included having a barrister represent them before the tribunal over three days.
A pistol club manager who claims its directors promised to house her in an onsite motor home "for life" is accusing them of underpaying her for more than a decade and threatening to sack and evict her when she sought her full entitlements.
Resources giant BHP has told a WA parliamentary inquiry that it has terminated six employees for sexual assault and 48 for sexual harassment in its mining operations across the State over the past two years, while Rio Tinto has substantiated one sexual assault and 29 sexual harassment cases in its WA FIFO operations since the start of last year.
Earnings gap highlights value of gender pay audits, says WGEA; Court orders air traffic operator to pay $70K penalty to union; and New permit for CFMMEU official despite transgression.
The FWC has rejected a chicken processor's argument that it should extend notice of the AMWU's proposed 12-hour maintenance strikes from three to seven days to ensure it doesn't breach RSPCA animal welfare guidelines and legislated standards, but has criticised the union for the "commercial unreality" of its suggestions about the defensive measures the company might undertake.
