A worker s-xually harassed by a senior colleague has won a $305,000 payout, after he showed her p-rnographic videos, s-x toys and asked her about her s-x life, in a workplace that normalised overt "s-xist and boorish behaviour" and provided "fertile ground" for the conduct to escalate.
Victoria's Allan Government says it is considering using the State's equal opportunity laws to enshrine a two-day-per-week work-from-home "right" for public and private sector employees, while an IR expert suggests questions around its enforceability might be beside the point.
The FWC has criticised a government department's premature destruction of CCTV footage that might have revealed the truth about a sacked bus cleaner's alleged theft of a handbag left on board.
The High Court will on Wednesday hand down its ruling on what mining giant Peabody says is a "critical" test of the laws governing whether a redundancy is genuine.
The Senate inquiry into the Albanese Government's Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates legislation is seeking submissions this week, ahead of a hearing next week.
Greens finance and workplace relations spokesperson Barbara Pocock says the party would "value" a seat at the Albanese Government's economic reform roundtable, where it would push for a four-day work week and an easier path for parents returning to employment, while the ACTU and the Productivity Commission have revealed more of their roundtable agendas.
The FWC has awarded indemnity costs against an IT company for its vexatious defence of an unfair dismissal claim that included a HR consultant's "astonishing" approach to the worker's new employer to establish his earnings.
Extra protections are a step closer for federal public servants, contractors and volunteers after the Albanese Government re-introduced legislation carrying possible jail time for those breaching stay-away orders after threatening violence.
A worker is entitled to use documents his employer produced during FWC general protections proceedings in his Federal Court case, because the Commission application "was an essential prerequisite" and the cases involve the same dispute.
As Origin Energy prepares to close Australia's largest coal-fired power station, it maintains there is no need for the federal "just transition" authority to mandate a jobs plan, while unions say the company's preparations fall short and intervention is needed.
