A Federal Court judge has used his farewell to implore lawmakers to reconsider adding to the "arcane overcomplexity and prolixity of important Acts" that render interpreting their intent "beyond understanding".
A CFMEU official has escaped having to personally pay a $7000 fine despite a court accepting that he raised the issue of workers' pay when blocking a non-union contractor's concrete pour.
Svitzer has failed to convince a FWC full bench that it has an "unfettered" right to choose which category its employees fall into regardless of operating procedures at five ports.
A judge has held that an "instant" online script did not excuse an underpaying employer from having to attend a penalty hearing, while also warning that in future the court is unlikely to accept certificates from providers using the model adopted by the Wesfarmers-owned service.
Awards do not adequately cover visual artists and the "preferable solution" is for the FWC to create a new award, the ACTU says in its submission to the modern awards review, while also recommending the Government extend the Closing Loopholes Bill's "employee-like" definition to non-digital platform workers.
A couple has been cleared to pursue Telstra over claims it is vicariously responsible for their alleged s-xual harassment by a former employee using confidential contact details sourced through the telco.
An employer has failed to win approval for a deal that introduces a "new entrant" category paying construction workers who become traffic controllers 6% below their award rate while denying them an industry allowance, with the FWC unmoved by its argument that they need more supervision.
The FWC has held that it cannot deal with a worker's casual conversion dispute as the recent sale of the business she works for has restarted the clock on her requirement to complete 12 months' service with her current employer.
A court has issued rare orders compelling a former economics professor to face FWO questions under oath about his capacity to pay penalties and compensation arising from underpayment judgments handed down in 2019 and 2020.