The WA branch of the TWU has failed to strike out a former organiser's adverse action claim in which she alleges the union sacked her six months into her employment for taking sick leave and personal carer's leave to look after her elderly father.
In an FWC case heavily reliant on circumstantial evidence, a former soldier with an unblemished work record has had his dismissal for stealing company property upheld after the tribunal heard of airport mix-ups on a remote island, alleged union skullduggery, an upset stomach – and a dead bat.
A full Federal Court has overturned a workplace safety finding that permit-holding union officials were rightly denied site access for neglecting to include their middle names on an entry notice, reinforcing that flawless paperwork comes a distant second to protection of workers.
The FWC has upheld under the small business code the summary dismissal of a manager accused of blackmailing his employer into paying an $85,000 separation package in return for him abandoning a proposed complaint to OHS authorities.
A court has thrown out an aggrieved former employee's bullying case, finding he could not substantiate claims of a "complex conspiracy" that involved a flatulent supervisor.
The FWC has ruled that a public health organisation's $270,000-a-year former CFO is not entitled to pursue an unfair dismissal claim because he is not covered by an agreement.
The nurses and midwives union will next month launch a national campaign calling for legislation to mandate nursing ratios in aged care facilities, while the union's Victorian branch says not one provider has been willing to include such ratios in enterprise agreements in 20 years of bargaining
