The ASU is challenging the ATO's COVID-19 emergency work-from-home arrangements and its ability to quickly call employees back to the office, accusing it in a Federal Court adverse action case of breaching the terms of its agreement.
A full Federal Court majority has found Qantas had no obligation to pay more than the JobKeeper wage subsidy to employees who claimed an entitlement to penalty rates in arrears.
The AWU is seeking to delete a decade-old pieceworker provision in the horticulture award that it claims leaves affected workers with no safety net and substandard rates of pay.
Security company Prosegur has asked the FWC to withdraw "unwarranted" criticism of its national workplace relations manager's conduct at a hearing, contained in an unfair dismissal decision that also advises him to play a more active role in performance management and sackings.
A casual flight attendant with more than 10 years in the job has won more than $8,000 in long service leave entitlements after the Queensland IRC rejected the employer's claim that she was "double-dipping" because a casual loading in a federal agreement displaced LSL obligations.
A UK employment tribunal full bench has criticised Jaguar Land Rover's HR department for mishandling a transgender engineer's complaints about persistent workplace harassment, while it has recognised "gender fluidity" as a protected characteristic under anti-discrimination laws.
A recruitment company that sought to slash a marketing coordinator's hours by 75% before making her redundant has failed to convince the FWC that it should reduce her payout to zero.
A court has rejected a former bank executive's attempt to rely on "more muscular" protections for whistleblowers that did not come into force until years after his dismissal.
Omnibus IR Bill inquiry to report in March; New inquiry into insecure employment; Submissions due in February for APS capability inquiry; Inquiry considering axing retired judges' pensions for past misconduct; and VACC seeking name change.
The FWC has expressed scepticism in refusing to approve an agreement made with only one employee, rejecting a later claim that the company's director would also be covered.
