The TWU is considering an underpayments claim and a challenge to the long-awaited approval of a new Aerocare deal, in which the union objected to an undertaking to abandon split-shifts and the FWC instead accepted a commitment to "generally" not use them but otherwise pay overtime.
A worker dismissed two days before flying overseas only to discover on arrival that her mother was dying of cancer has had her late unfair dismissal application accepted, the FWC finding it would have been "shockingly callous" to require detailed medical records sought by her former employer.
A court has cleared the way for two accountants fighting a restraint of trade case to argue that their contracts were void if their employer breached implied terms requiring it to act lawfully and in accordance with the industry's code of ethics.
A Supreme Court judge has penalised but stopped short of jailing a salesperson for contempt, finding it likely he struggled to understand the "dense" undertakings he gave that he would not compete against his former employer for business.
The FWC has granted interim orders that drivers on Melbourne's passenger train network stop refusing to drive a new section over claimed safety concerns.
Victorian unions have issued an OHS directive in response to the unprecedented bushfire season, advising that all non-critical outdoor work should stop when the air quality index reaches "very poor" or worse.
The FWC has rejected a coal mining deal that would have let a new Qube subsidiary "arbitrarily" determine coverage by excluding those paid above the high-income threshold.
The banking and finance sector has added its voice to employer concerns over new annualised salaries arrangements in awards, which have attracted criticism due to their effects on junior lawyers.
Australia Post is facing a damages bill for breaching the contract of a national worker's compensation manager who accused it of caving in to union demands to remove him, after failing to establish that it offered him an equivalent position after a period of gardening leave.
The Morrison Government says it has been engaging with the Senate crossbench to win support for another attempt at passing its Ensuring Integrity law when Federal Parliament resumes next week.
