Today's Federal Court allocation of $50 million of a record $90 million Qantas fine to the TWU "incentivises" other unions, the judge concerned says, while the penalty judgment leaves open directing part of it to the 1820 displaced workers, who might not have yet been properly compensated.
The Federal Court this morning in its Qantas fine judgment ordered "the largest penalty. . . for a breach of industrial relations laws in 120 years" with its $90 million flaying of the Flying Kangaroo, while today is "perhaps the darkest day" in the airline's history, according to the senior lawyer who drove the TWU's case.
A former Matildas star and Olympian was not forced to resign from her job at a remote gas facility because of alleged "microaggressions" that included being assigned "non-complex work" and persistent references to "fellas" and "gents", the FWC has found.
The Albanese Government should force companies to share productivity gains with employees via higher pay rises, extra leave or shorter hours, according to research using the retail sector to challenge "conventional wisdom" that productivity growth flows through to workers.
The Federal Court has today ordered Qantas to pay a $90 million fine - including $50 million to the TWU - for the Flying Kangaroo's unlawful outsourcing of the jobs of about 1800 ground handling employees, while it has criticised chief executive Vanessa Hudson for failing to appear to explain the airline's contrition.
A worker has failed to convince the FWC that Victoria's corruption watchdog dismissed her because of her "combative communication style" and her "unnecessary assessment of colleagues' work", which she argued amounted to manifestations of her Autism, rather than because of her misconduct.
The Secure Jobs review panel has used its final report to challenge employer claims that the changes will harm productivity, while also underscoring the importance of gender equality and the distribution of gains to workers as further drivers.
Eminent employment law academic Andrew Stewart has urged the Albanese Government to amend its penalty rates protection legislation to shut down potential avenues to circumvent it.
Saudi Arabia's Australian cultural mission has succeeded in sidelining a Federal Court judge from sitting on a full bench that is reviewing whether it is protected by diplomatic immunity from underpayment claims brought by 45 former employees.
A FWC full bench has dived into the legislative intent behind several key Fair Work Act provisions to find that a presidential member should have determined whether Corrections Victoria "in fact" dismissed a prison officer when it demoted and transferred him, instead of making her extension of time decision on the "assumption" it sacked him.
