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Lawyer fined after "unreasoned" approach to underpayments

A lawyer has been fined $2400 and her eponymous firm a further $12,000 after a judge highlighted her "unreasoned and unreasonable" belief that the FWO wrongly concluded that it underpaid a legal secretary.

Lattouf opens up second front in ABC stoush

Lawyers for media host and writer Antoinette Lattouf have taken her high-profile departure from the ABC to the Federal Court, alleging she was unlawfully sacked in breach of the ABC's enterprise agreement.

Early childhood workers on track for "substantial" pay rise: IEU

The IEU is envisioning that a landmark supported bargaining deal for early childhood workers will secure a "substantial" pay rise and conditions improvements that will be extended nationally, after unions and employers met with Federal Government representatives on Friday.

Intractable bargaining changes in place after Act's assent

New provisions for intractable bargaining workplace determinations have taken effect after the Closing Loopholes No 2 Act yesterday received Royal Assent, while other key provisions, such as the right to disconnect and the new definition of casual employment, are set to begin in late August.

Cleanaway loses bid for production of private Facebook post

The FWC has refused to order a TWU delegate to provide Cleanaway Operations with details of a post in a private Facebook group that is supporting waste workers' fight against "Big Blue", finding it irrelevant to the union's IBD bid against the company, which a full bench started hearing today.

Tribunal refuses to delete, anonymise ex-wife's name

The Queensland IRC has refused a bid by Together Queensland to anonymise or remove a worker's name from her ex-husband's unfair dismissal decision, which refers to her application for an order under the State Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act.

IR agent on notice after failure to follow presidential directions

FWC President Adam Hatcher has told a paid IR agent it will have to clear a full bench hurdle before winning permission to appear in future cases before the tribunal, after it ignored directions to repay a settlement sum that never found its way to a client.

Union backs bank workers' bid to sustain zombie AWAs

The FSU is backing the requests from 20 CBA workers seeking to extend the life of their zombie AWAs in the wake of a recent full bench finding that one of their colleagues would lose $17,000 in long service leave pay if she reverted to the bank's 2020 agreement.

Cold reception for "difficult" BOM manager

A judge has found the Bureau of Meteorology's chief executive unlawfully "managed" a senior employee on more than $200,000 out of her job, while observing in passing that the APS's use of individual flexibility agreements to bump up pay packets is "a game of smoke and mirrors" that limits public servants' redeployment options.

Worker allegedly labelled "f-ggot" and "princess" fails to limit costs

A worker who is accusing his employer of sacking him after he complained about his co-workers' alleged discriminatory behaviour - included calling him a "skippy poofter" and grabbing his genitalia - has failed to cap his potential maximum court costs at $30,000.