In a decision pointing out the multiple failures of an upmarket Adelaide supermarket to properly handle a juice bar worker's complaint that "the chef just touched my arse", a tribunal has ordered the company and her former colleague to jointly pay her $30,000 in damages.
The gap between male and female full-time earnings has narrowed slightly over the past year, but there has been a substantial rise in adoption of domestic violence policies and leave by employers, according to the WGEA.
Together Queensland leader Alex Scott has today withdrawn comments he made to Workplace Express 18 months ago in which he indicated that former union employees who complained about alleged covert monitoring of their electronic communications had done so as part of an "orchestrated campaign".
The FWC has refused to renew MUA Sydney branch secretary Paul McAleer's entry permit, ruling that he has "repeatedly preferred the interests of his union and/or its members over compliance with industrial laws."
With multiple class actions against labour hire companies on hold pending the result of a landmark case on casual employment, the Federal Court has reserved judgment on whether FEG claims can be set off against casual loading already paid if their employers go bust.
The FWC has reserved its decision on rival union bids to terminate McDonald's' 2013 agreement and shift them onto the fast food award, after the company abandoned its pursuit of a next-generation enterprise deal.
The Morrison Government has rejected a Labor call to immediately release the amendments to the "Ensuring Integrity" Bill that have been negotiated with Senate crossbenchers.
A Federal Court judge has rejected union arguments that a single period of industrial action might involve only one instance of "organising" that action.
A former Uber Eats worker is today seeking to convince an FWC full bench that she is an employee because the gig economy giant exercised "practical control" over her, as it began hearing her bid to overturn an earlier ruling.
Victoria's Andrews Labor Government has announced a $10 million package to boost WorkSafe's ability to enforce planned industrial manslaughter laws, which are now before the Upper House.
