In a development sure to be watched closely by employers, WorkSafe Victoria is inquiring into the COVID-19 death of a 46-year-old call centre employee identified as a close contact at his workplace's Tier 1 exposure site.
NT's vax mandate for "high-risk" workers; AHRC reports on ageism; New Queensland equity and diversity commissioner; and Bandt retains IR in Greens reshuffle.
An alleged sudden drop-off in the UFU's Queensland branch membership in 2018 was an "attempt to scuttle" the national union, the Federal Court heard today.
Queensland's Industrial Court has reversed a single member decision letting external lawyers represent the State Government at a QIRC directions hearing on a Together Queensland award variation bid, finding only a full bench had the power to do so.
The Federal Court has rejected the ABCC's "cynical" view of CFMMEU-commissioned entry rights training for an inexperienced organiser who pushed over a Fulton Hogan manager when pressing to access parts of a Monash Freeway project site in 2017.
The FWC has awarded compensation to a sacked childcare worker after noting the "disturbing" failure of a company's HR department to inform the chief executive of protections for employees forced to take time off due to illness or injury.
The privacy watchdog has rejected a complaint that a pharmacy invaded a worker's privacy when it showed her employer CCTV footage proving she stole cosmetics while wearing her uniform.
Unions have failed to convince an FWC full bench that it should retain casual conversion provisions in awards that permit permanency requests after six months, instead of the National Employment Standards requirement for 12 months' minimum service.
The Morrison Government has unveiled details of a scheme for larger employers to combine with health care providers to administer vaccinations in the workplace.
