CFMEU national secretary Michael O'Connor has been described in Federal Parliament as the "Sepp Blatter of the union movement" by a Nationals senator in tabling affidavits by three former CFMEU officials who continue to claim they were driven out of the NSW construction branch for whistleblowing.
A hospital-based interpreter who failed to inform her employer she was suffering depression when warned for repeated lateness has failed to convince a court that the disciplinary action and her subsequent dismissal amounted to unlawful adverse action because of her mental disability.
The Federal Court has rejected an employee relations specialist's claim that her employer took unlawful adverse action when it sacked her for taking sick leave after she suffered a mental breakdown and made allegations of sexual harassment.
The Federal Court has today granted an injunction to stop Victoria's Eastern Health from dismissing or disciplining a senior neonatal nurse based on an investigation it launched after she lodged incident reports about the care of newborn babies.
A court has struck out a worker's allegation that he was falsely imprisoned by HR employees, but he will be able to pursue the remainder of his adverse action claim.
The Federal Circuit Court has ruled a bank took unlawful adverse action by dismissing a "smart arse" analyst during his three-month probationary period, partly because he complained about the workplace culture and his supervisor.
A union delegate will be reinstated after the Federal Court ruled that his employer engaged in adverse action when it targeted him for retrenchment and failed to genuinely consult with the union and employees or adhere to the agreement's redundancy provisions.
The Federal Court has penalised a university for threatening engaging in adverse action against senior teaching staff and educators when it prepared secret plans to transfer them to a new employing entity.
