The FWC has reminded employers that when it comes to dismissals, even "difficult" workers are entitled to natural justice, awarding compensation to an employee summarily sacked by email after repeatedly abusing his manager.
The MUA has agreed to suspend industrial action over a new deal with stevedore Patrick ahead of a two-day FWC hearing beginning October 26, after the parties today abandoned conciliation attempts before the Commission.
The ACCC's five-pronged case against Employsure over alleged misrepresentations and unfair contracts has been tossed out, the Federal Court crucially accepting that its target audience is confined to employers rather than a broader category including workers.
The FWC has taken the TWU to task for botching the redundancy of a long serving Victorian/Tasmanian industrial administrator, sacked on the spot to cut costs in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Federal Court has struck out a doctor's statement of claim accusing the Department of Health of adverse action, discrimination, stalking and torture, also removing a pause on her possible dismissal over alleged code of conduct breaches.
An IR manager at a company where an enterprise union is seeking registration has published a series of social media posts about using the structure to achieve "union-free" workplaces.
ABC workforce rejects wage freeze, APS leading the way on return to work, says PM; and Widespread virus testing to begin in risky Victorian workplaces.
The FWC has reversed a Victorian private school's stand-down of library technicians and a classroom assistant after rejecting evidence that their work stopped because of Stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions.
The FWC has in approving an agreement voted up by two of three workers accepted the employer's claim that union opposition was premised on a "preposterous" conspiracy theory that it manipulated the process by making two CEPU members redundant during negotiations.
