A Gorgon LNG project worker has lost his adverse action bid after a court found his complaints about offensive and racist conduct played no part in an HR manager's decision to make him redundant.
Coles Supermarkets nightfill worker Penny Vickers has withdrawn her bid to terminate the retailer's 2011 agreement, after it agreed to a "transition payment" for about 77,000 employees that makes up any difference between their wages and the agreement rates from the date they vote for a new deal.
The FWC has reinstated a CFMEU lodge president dismissed for a series of threatening phone calls to workmates after questioning why recommendations and mitigating factors raised during a senior HR advisor's investigations were absent from the employer's final report.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has served ten notices to produce documents on the head office of Domino's Pizza and some franchisees after expressing dissatisfaction with the speed and extent of its response to the regulator's concerns.
In one of the first extended discussions about the capacity to include incidental matters in modern awards, the FWC has called for further submissions on how or whether to incorporate a standard clause that would permit employers to deduct up to five weeks pay when employees quit without giving sufficient notice.
An "acquiescent" labour hire company should have sought more information from a host employer about its reasons for ending the placement of an on-hire worker, the FWC has ruled in finding her dismissal unfair.
An FWC member denied a sacked worker an opportunity to re-open his case when she failed to forward to him a crucial psychologist's report her chambers received hours after the hearing concluded, a full bench has found.
The fate of sidelined Flight Attendants Association national division secretary Andrew Staniforth hangs in the balance after an independent report found evidence of gross neglect of duty and recommended further investigation.
A rail employee denied reinstatement in part as a result of post-dismissal Facebook posts calling his employer a "bastard" and "criminal with stars" will have another shot at challenging his sacking, after a NSW court of appeal found the state IRC exceeded its powers.
