In a battle of recruitment and rostering promises, the nurses and midwives union is calling on NSW's Berejiklian Government to match the state Opposition's pledge to fund legislated nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:4 during the day, 1:7 on night shifts and 1:3 for midwives if it wins the March 23 state election.
The FWC has upheld the dismissal of a warehouse worker who repeatedly breached his employer's policies on smoking, eating and drinking in the workplace.
The Fair Work Ombudsman's former media director has denied informing Minister Michaelia Cash's office about impending raids on the AWU in 2017, directly contradicting earlier evidence from another witness.
A worker who claimed he accidentally sent a photo of his erect p-nis to a female work colleague via social media application Snapchat outside work hours has failed to overturn his dismissal.
A manager accused of visiting dating websites and excessive use of a data dongle has failed to convince a tribunal his employer should not have access to a lawyer to defend his dismissal, despite his insistence that its internal HR team had already demonstrated its competence to run the case.
Former CFMEU construction and general division Queensland branch and national president David Hanna has been sentenced to six years' jail for rape and recording it in breach of privacy laws.
The FWC has received a rare central bank endorsement of its approach to minimum wage setting, with Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe overlooking employer resistance to describe the two most recent 3%-plus increases as "sensible and the right policy".
The FWC has allowed a Qantas ground services worker to proceed with his 52-days-late unfair dismissal application, finding his solicitor's focus on an internal appeal while failing to complete the necessary forms before going on holiday amounted to representative error.
IR Minister Kelly O'Dwyer's latest challenge to a contentious, newly-minted Melbourne fire brigade agreement is heading to the FWC for a hearing on Monday, with her bid for a stay order coinciding with the deal's scheduled start date.
