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.
A Virgin Australia manager who sought to rescind his resignation after confessing his "ego was busy being dazzled by shiny new offers" has lost his bid to pursue a general protections case.
In a decision calling into question the rights of prospective employees during contract negotiations, a court has rejected a union's claim an employer took unlawful adverse action by withdrawing a job offer because it made inquiries on his behalf.
