A worker who insisted on toiling from his hospital bed almost immediately after bowel surgery has failed to overturn his dismissal for repeatedly flouting a direction to work within ordinary hours.
The Productivity Commission says labour productivity would rise by 0.4% with the introduction of cuts in company tax and rewards for investment, in the first of five interim reports to be released before next month's economic reform roundtable.
Adero Law is investigating potential underpayments at Super Retail Group stores as it sets its sights on a possible class action on behalf of current and former employees.
Employers are seeking work-from-home-related changes to the clerks award to make it easier to spread out working hours without requiring penalty rates, remove minimum engagement restrictions and overhaul meal and rest break provisions.
The Albanese Government's legislation to protect award penalty and overtime rates has this afternoon passed the House of Representatives, after the workplace relations minister introduced an amendment to clarify that it does not require the FWC to conduct a wide-ranging review.
An employer has allegedly dismissed a bus driver after two passengers brutally punched, kicked and "glassed" him and threatened him with a firearm for breaching its policies by getting out of his seat before the assault and then driving himself to hospital.
The NT Anti-Discrimination Commission has warned that the Finocchiaro Government's legislation that reinstates the exemption for religious schools to discriminate in employment could lead to LGBTQ+ workers, women and workers of other faiths facing disciplinary action or dismissal.
A worker has lost his ability to lodge a general protections application challenging his sacking after waiting more than three weeks to hear back from the FWC's Workplace Advice Services program, with the tribunal refusing to grant an extension.
The FWC has slashed the redundancy payout owing to a university facilities manager who turned down an alternative role encouraging weekend work to take up a higher paying position with fresh opportunities.
