A Federal government department acted reasonably in dismissing an employee who secretly recorded conversations with colleagues and required daily management from five different executives during an 18-month absence from work, the FWC has ruled.
A bus company's live-in general manager has failed to reverse an order reinstating a driver sacked after forcibly removing an abusive passenger, an FWC full bench refusing to admit fresh evidence that it would be detrimental to her health.
A former Cricket Australia manager's lawyers have today filed legal action in the Federal Court alleging she was dismissed over personal tweets, in the latest test of an employee's use of social media to express political opinions.
Glowing Facebook reviews and lengthy text messages describing a "truly awesome" adventure holiday have undone a former director's claims that he was too depressed to file his unfair dismissal application on time.
The AWU is urging more than 1200 striking Alcoa workers to reject a revised management deal as the action affecting the company's West Australian operations enters its fourth week.
The Full Federal Court has confirmed the quashing of a contentious labour hire deal agreed by three employees, but left unresolved legal questions over millions of dollars in back pay allegedly owed to the more than 1000 workers who came to be covered by it.
While unions consider challenging Qantas's decision to make a $2500 employee bonus conditional on signing off on new agreements, the airline has defended the approach as par for the course.
New IR Minister Kelly O'Dwyer has come out strongly in support of a fellow female Liberal parliamentarian who has highlighted "bullying and intimidation" during last week's leadership spill as the reason for deciding to quit politics.
The Coalition government bid to force industry superannuation funds to have one-third independent directors appears to have stalled in the wake of damning evidence about retail funds at the Hayne Royal Commission.
A decorated Legal Aid solicitor has failed to convince the NSW IRC that his dismissal over a domestic violence incident was harsh or unjust because there wasn't enough connection between his crime and his job.
