An FWC full bench has upbraided a member for "inviting" an employer to seek to strike out an unfair dismissal claim after the employee failed to follow directions, holding that he didn't meet deadlines due to his baby son's medical condition, which required heart surgery.
A tribunal has ordered a health service to reinstate the chair of its credentialing committee dismissed for his role in appointing to an obstetrics job a recovering alcoholic suspected of falling off the wagon at work, rejecting as "absolute codswallop" its claim that the chair now poses a danger to the public.
An employer association has begun probing the alliance between the AWU and the CFMMEU's MUA division that seeks to build membership in the offshore oil and gas sector, arguing that it creates a conflict of the interest for the organisers involved.
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers says its Supreme Court class action against Uber on behalf of thousands of drivers and licence owners is shaping up as one in the largest in the nation's history.
A major civil construction company has successfully toppled an FWC full bench finding that its proposed agreement unlawfully allowed workers to be covered by future deals ahead of its nominal expiry date.
An Aboriginal night patrol officer sacked for timesheet discrepancies has won back his council role after an FWC member took into account "very strong" ties to his remote community and the dearth of alternative employment opportunities.
Redefinition of role discriminatory, tribunal rules; No compensation after barristers' chambers award breach; Unreasonable to refuse medical examination: FWC; and Judge pushes for "show and tell" approach to information sharing.
United Voice has failed to overturn a Federal Court finding that a security company is entitled to avoid paying Sunday penalty rates by allocating all overtime hours to these days.
The Victorian Government has re-introduced legislation that will extend regulation of owner-drivers to digital platform businesses such as Uber Freight and Uber Eats.
An academic has welcomed a significant FWC full bench finding that a worker's refusal to participate in fingerprint scanning did not justify his dismissal and warns that many employers lack awareness of their legal obligations and the potential consequences of biometric technology.
