The FWC has ruled that an intoxicated FIFO female mineworker rubbing up against and trying to hold hands with her male colleagues when commuting to her worksite amounted to harassment and s-xual harassment and warranted BHP dismissing her.
Cbus workers have voted up a deal setting "the gold standard" for AI protections in the finance sector and locking-in more flexible working from home arrangements, according to the FSU.
Some 30,000 Westpac employees have won a new entitlement under the bank's proposed new three-year enterprise agreement to five paid days of "family pathways leave" to support them through processes such as IVF and adoption, while those earning less than $102,000 will receive a 5% upfront increase in its first year.
A FWC presidential member has suggested policymakers give greater consideration to recognising the "industrial qualifications" of migrant workers after ruling an employer unfairly dismissed a factory hand when it made him redundant without consultation due to his unsuccessful attempts to obtain an Australian forklift licence.
Employers lash McManus over junior rates; Assent for costs protection, superannuation bills; NSW seeks to amend new portable leave laws; and Sexual harassment benchbook published.
McCrystal to expound on de-collectivisation in Weeks memorial talk; Halloween theme for 2024 Ron McCallum debate; Guidance on mutual gains bargaining from former tribunal member; and Isaac lecture to explore digital futures at work.
Leading IR academics Mark Bray and Alison Preston have been appointed to conduct an independent review of 2022's Secure Jobs legislation that will look at whether its changes have been "appropriate and effective", or have generated any unintended consequences.
A judge has compiled a checklist for workers pursuing employers over unreasonable hours, highlighting the difficulties a product marketing manager faces in building her adverse action case without detailed evidence of workloads, deadlines and demands to complete tasks.
The use of rolling fixed-term contracts in the tertiary education sector is set to come under close scrutiny by a FWC full bench, while the tribunal has also moved ahead with its review of two arts sector awards in the wake of its inconclusive "targeted" examination of modern awards.
The FWC has cleared the way for a Philippines-based paralegal to pursue her unfair dismissal claim, finding her an employee of a Queensland law firm that paid her $12 an hour below award.
