Inconsistent decisions, a fragmented legal framework and an inadequate licensing regime for private investigators are combining to create uncertainty for those involved in workplace investigations, according to an academic who is calling for regulatory overhaul.
A large employer's decision to excise union references from its representational rights notice has scuppered its proposed agreement, the FWC observing that employees were effectively being "herded" towards two colleagues who had negotiated the previous deal.
A company "motivated by malice" when it forged documents to cut the leave balance of a chief operating officer it perceived as "a thorn in its side" has been ordered to pay $250,000 in penalties and unpaid entitlements.
The Federal Circuit Court has rebuffed an FOI request made on behalf of a worker probing a six-year wait for a judgment clearing a Boral subsidiary of vicarious liability for her sexual harassment, which she is appealing on the basis that the delay makes it "unsafe".
Pass "benefits" legislation unchanged, say Coalition senators; NSW IRC chief commissioner set to retire; and WGEA releases new gender equality toolkit.
The two Centre Alliance senators who might determine the fate of the "ensuring integrity" legislation say it needs "extensive changes" to win their support, as it is currently using "a sledgehammer to crack a nut when only a nutcracker is needed".
Hospo Voice and Maurice Blackburn are urging the FWO to investigate claims that Rockpool Dining Group might have underpaid workers by $10 million and falsified finger-scanning payroll data, but the company says it has "no evidence" of any group-wide manipulation to intentionally underpay.
The Registered Organisations Commission has told the AWU it appears to have breached it statutory reporting obligations on its membership in each consecutive year from 2009 until 2017.
A single instance of "obstructive industrial action" could be a prima facie ground for deregistering a union under legislation before the Federal Parliament, a Senate Estimates hearings has been told
A senior lawyer says a full Federal Court has provided clarity for employers hesitant to dismiss workers in case they have disabilities, after it quashed a finding that an HR manager's sacking of an executive was motivated by a "manifestation" of his mental disability despite her belief that it was not a factor
