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Jetstar overseer failed to curb farting, harassing subordinate: FWC

Published: 03 March 2023 12:43pm

A Jetstar maintenance supervisor who referred to colleagues as "dumb c-nts" and tried to destroy the credibility of a complaining subordinate by revealing he was overtly flatulent and openly rubbed his p-nis at work has failed to establish that his sacking involved double standards or unfairness.

Deal's format answers inclusivity call: TPG

Published: 03 March 2023 6:59am

TPG Telecom says it used a legal documents designer and best-practice inclusivity guidelines to create an engaging, accessible post-merger deal with "amazing" conditions, but the CEPU's communications division says it delivers a pay cut and unfairly shifts the goalposts on penalty rates.

Gender pay gap narrows, but unions point to real wage cut

Published: 23 February 2023 5:07pm

The WGEA says the gender pay gap has fallen to its lowest point ever at 13.3%, but the ACTU says women "face the biggest fall in real wages in history" and "have little to celebrate".

"Use it or lose it" provisions hinge on taskforce advice

Published: 23 February 2023 11:05am

A federal government official has told the Senate inquiry into the Albanese Government's plan to boost paid parental leave by six weeks that the Women's Economic Equality Taskforce recommendations on the "use it or lose it" provisions will inform the second phase of reforms that take effect in July next year.

Declined parental leave did not force HR manager's resignation

Published: 21 February 2023 7:09am

An employer did not force the resignation of an experienced HR manager suffering a difficult pregnancy when it refused to grant her a year's parental leave, a court has found.

Anti-lockdown rallying cry warranted dismissal: Court

Published: 20 February 2023 12:11pm

A casual Census collector sacked by the ABS for calling on her 7000 LinkedIn connections to revolt against COVID-19 lockdowns has failed to persuade a court that it "violently" discriminated against her.

A-G's report calls for stronger worker privacy protections

Published: 16 February 2023 4:28pm

The Albanese Government is seeking feedback on proposals to enhance private sector workers' privacy protections but employers are already warning that removing Privacy Act exemptions for employee records could create major problems.

NTEU pushing back against non-union deals

Published: 16 February 2023 10:47am

New NTEU national secretary Damien Cahill says the union is seeking to replicate recent flagship deals but is disappointed some universities are offering agreements directly to staff, while the head of the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association suggests more non-union deals might be on the way.

Decades of harassment caused psychological injury, claims firefighter

Published: 08 February 2023 7:36am

A tribunal has refused to throw out a female firefighter's workplace s-xual harassment claim involving allegations of "serious and sustained harassment and abuse" dating back almost 25 years, finding it reasonable that she believed making external complaints while employed would have jeopardised her career.

Harassed, victimised Della Rosa worker wins $50,000 in damages

Published: 07 February 2023 6:34am

An employer must pay more than $50,000 to compensate a supervisor it victimised by forcing her to take leave and change roles after she complained that a male colleague sexually-harassed her when he stared at her breasts.

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