The FWC has taken a Westpac investigator and HR manager to task over their "blatantly unfair" handling of allegations against a lending agent, ordering the bank to reinstate him despite his breach of its email policy.
A multinational company has been ordered to pay $160,000 to a former executive sacked over concerns about his capacity to return to work, despite its HR manager's insistence it was "insulting" to suggest the employee's depression played any part in the decision.
A Macquarie Bank wealth advisor is accusing the company of making him redundant because of a deteriorating health condition it allegedly exacerbated by pressuring him to meet ever-increasing revenue targets.
Former ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has told a Senate inquiry that she had "no option" but to lodge an adverse action case with the FWC after the broadcaster's board failed to respond to her claims of editorial interference by the chair before sacking her.
A culture of "defiant non-compliance" has emerged in high-risk sectors of the economy who pay "black market rates", according to former Fair Work Ombudsman, Natalie James.
FWC seeking comment on BOOT, One Key changes; ACTU's Borowick takes up Victorian Government job; Commission's New Approaches bargaining service hits the small screen.
The Registered Organisations Commission is for the first time taking an employer body to court as it chases penalties against the powerful Australian Hotels Association over alleged election and record-keeping breaches at one of its branches.
The legal definition of employee should be broadened to cover anyone who agrees to supply their labour, according to a new book on addressing Australia's wage stagnation.
