In a decision laying bare one business's struggle to balance productivity and work-from-home arrangements, the FWC has concluded that it did not force a new father to resign when it told him to return to the office and increase his output.
The Australian Industry Group is urging the Coalition to conduct a "fundamental review" of the Fair Work Act in its first term if it wins the federal election, to identify changes to take to the 2028 election, while the ACTU has released legal advice obtained on the party's public sector WFH policy prior to its sudden backflip.
A lap dancer who worked in a club in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley cannot proceed with her general protections claim after the FWC found she is an independent contractor.
In a decision questioning the value of medical certificates issued over the internet, a senior FWC member has excoriated a Melbourne lawyer after finding he claimed sick days in order to attend the AFL's Gather Round in Adelaide and "inexcusabl[y]" provided false evidence in pursuing his unfair dismissal case.
A worker dismissed for allegedly telling a colleague he needed to protect himself "as a white male in a predominantly female environment" failed to secure an extension of time after he filed both a general protections and unfair dismissal claim, and based on the FWC's "preliminary" advice, discontinued both applications and refiled another.
As thousands of NSW doctors stop work from today in breach of IRC orders, Health Minister Ryan Park has signalled that while a 30% pay rise is "not feasible", the Minns Government wants to continue arbitrated negotiations, particularly in relation to junior doctors, given their significant pay disparity with other jurisdictions.
Catholic school employers have escaped penalties for withholding backpay from two teachers who resigned before new agreements' retrospective pay rises came into effect, a judge finding that the deals' ambiguities contributed to the "honest and reasonable" mistake.
The FWC has held that it has no power under the Fair Work Act's flexible work dispute provisions to deal with a National Australia Bank worker's challenge to the cancellation of her WFH flexibility arrangement after she allegedly failed to comply with its terms.
A role that would have required 100% working from home and more travel for a worker with family commitments did not constitute "other acceptable employment" that would have warranted reducing his redundancy pay, the FWC has found.
The FWC has in approving a CFMEU-lodged labour hire deal made with two NSW construction workers discussed the circumstances in which small cohort agreements might succeed.
