A parliamentary committee in New Zealand is considering legislation to address "triangular" employment relationships by extending the coverage of collective agreements, at the same time as the ALP is preparing to ensure parity of pay and conditions for labour hire workers if it wins power at the next election.
The FWC for the second time in five weeks has warned of the serious potential consequences of signing statutory declarations in support of agreement approval applications without verifying the information.
The union leading the campaign against prospective job losses at a major brewery is at risk of being sidelined after the FWC found it "reached the line between [unacceptably careless disregard] and. . . deliberate non-compliance" in failing to communicate restraining notices to members.
The FWC has described a kennel hand's dismissal as so unfair "even the dogs in the street know" it, putting the labradoodle breeders on notice to take better care of their puppies than they do of the humans they employ.
Gig platform food delivery company Foodora has announced it will cease local operations within three weeks, leaving uncertainty as to the fate of two test cases on the validity of its arm's-length employment contracts.
In an instructive decision on the treatment of post-dismissal medical evidence, an FWC full bench has thrown out the appeal of a prison officer declared fit after being sacked on medical grounds, while again taking a swipe at his union's handling of the matter.
The FWC has confirmed the right of employers in safety-critical industries to dismiss workers whose out-of-hours conduct impairs the safe performance of their duties, in the case of a flight attendant who called in sick during a layover after being hospitalised with a blood-alcohol reading of .205.
