The CFMMEU has told the High Court an ABCC appeal raises the prospect of "double punishment" by inflicting maximum penalties for even minor contraventions based on past recidivism, with a risk that it could encourage contravenors to commit more serious breaches.
Unions are questioning gaps in government support payments for aviation workers engaged as labour hire or in receipt of Centrelink allowances, while Jetstar looks to have staved off a dispute over its ability to implement mid-roster stand downs.
An academic's $2 million adverse action case against a university's HR department has been transferred to the Federal Court, a judge observing that its outcome has "significant" implications for the tertiary sector's ability to scrap tenured positions funded by endowments.
A digital marketer has been cleared to pursue her adverse action claim after the FWC dismissed an employer's contention that her billed hours exceeded those reasonably expected of a "millennial with quick reflexes".
The NSW IRC has wound back disciplinary measures against a prosecutor accused of "coaching" when he mimicked digital penetration and fellatio to a witness pursuing a sexual assault case.
The TWU will seek reinstatement of all of the 2000 Qantas ground crew employees who want their old jobs back, according to the union's lawyer, Josh Bornstein, the national head of employment and industrial law at Maurice Blackburn.
FWC stays Deliveroo appeal until High Court rules; Reinstated Hitler parody worker fails in costs bid; and ALLA conference early bird opens, still seeking papers.
A full Federal Court has today found private employment advisor Employsure, via a targeted Google Ads campaign, falsely represented that it was, or was affiliated with, a government agency.
An appeal court has found that international IT company Infosys had no obligation to pay long service leave to employees who claimed the entitlement after they worked for it in Australia for less than three years but up to a decade in India and elsewhere, finding they didn't meet the "continuous service" threshold under State legislation.
