A UK IR tribunal has awarded a teacher £61,000 ($118,000) for disability discrimination and unfair dismissal, after her employer failed to make reasonable adjustments for symptoms of menopause and anxiety and then dismissed her for incapacity, but failed to consider suitable alternative roles.
The Albanese Government's Future Made in Australia legislation, currently before parliament, will require the public and private investment it attracts to benefit local workers by promoting safe, secure, well-paid jobs with good conditions.
Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has sought to allay business fears about the effects Labor's changes to bargaining laws on WA's resources sector, suggesting that mining company HR departments are more concerned about labour shortages than enterprise negotiations.
Former leaders of the CFMEU construction and general division's Queensland branch have registered a public company to fund legal challenges on the same day the Albanese Government formally appointed an administrator.
Qantas has decided to support three FAAA same-job, same-pay claims for short-haul cabin crew and bring more workers in-house, while the union says the Albanese Government's IR reforms have also been "critical" in striking an in-principle deal variation for long-haul crew.
FWC president Adam Hatcher will convene a directions hearing next month into the Commission's own-initiative case to develop a "workable" award clause that removes impediments to working from home.
The FWC has accepted that a company made a HR manager redundant on her return from parental leave due to her discomfort with interviewing English-speaking job candidates and downsizing directions from its Chinese head office, rather than her status as a new mother.
Queensland's Miles Labor Government has quickly passed legislation to establish an administration scheme for the State-registered branch of the CFMEU's construction and general division.
A senior FWC member refused to terminate protected action at Endeavour Energy as the company failed to establish it threatened lives, safety or welfare, while the ETU has lost its challenge to a stay on strikes and bans hitting another NSW electricity provider.
The FWC has extended time for a worker's general protections application after one of its employees gave her "inappropriate" advice, after which she discontinued her initial claims.
