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RAFFWU pursuing Woolies over COVID-19 shift changes

RAFFWU says it is suing Woolworths on behalf of about 1400 night shift workers allegedly "dragged into meetings" at the height of the pandemic and made to "radically change their work hours from overnight to day or evening work", costing individuals up to $30,000 a year.


Chest infection a temporary disability: Court

A court has ordered a cafe to pay a teenage worker $7300 compensation, including $6000 for hurt and humiliation, after it took unlawful adverse action because of his temporary disability when it dismissed him for calling in sick due to a chest infection.

Mining union strikes out on its own today

The Mining and Energy Union is registered as a stand-alone entity from today, formalising its withdrawal from the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union.

Personal fine for official who knocked manager's hat off

A CFMMEU official who pushed a site manager and knocked his hard hat off has copped a $10,500 fine and orders to personally fork out 30%, while the repeat offender's latest transgression has cost the union more than $70,000.

BHP changed housing regime to axe workers' tenancy rights: Bench

A FWC full bench has upheld a ruling that BHP must continue to deduct a $60 weekly housing subsidy from remote mineworkers' pay, saying that the company halted the deductions to remove tenancy rights, rather than as an "act of gratuitous generosity".

SDA members carved-out from RAFFWU-backed class action

Shine Lawyers says the exclusion of thousands of SDA members from its McDonald's class action will "inform future interplay" between union and non-union representative proceedings, while a full court ruling has set a "powerful precedent" for using collective action to protect workers' rights.

DEWR fails in High Court bid to recoup FEG funds

The High Court has this afternoon declined to hear DEWR's challenge to a ruling that limits funds available to pay employee entitlements when a company goes under.

$80K payout for disabled guard after employer's super stuff-up

A security company has been ordered to pay $80,000 to a former employee assaulted by current All-Australian AFL captain Toby Greene nearly a decade ago, a court finding that he could have claimed insurance for "permanent disablement" but for the employer failing to pay his superannuation on time.

FWC affirms "modest" paid leave for paramedic

WA's St John Ambulance has failed to convince the FWC that its agreement requires paramedics who are not the primary carer of a child to clock up a full year of employment before they can access eight days paid leave after a birth or adoption.