A union has won a rare order allowing it to inspect the employee records of a business part-owned by a listed company in search of proof of underpayments.
The FWC has found that a HR manager who quit after her employer changed her responsibilities was not forced to resign, noting that although she had to report to a different manager, "a change in a reporting line does not constitute constructive dismissal".
A dumpling chain's HR manager was knowingly concerned in its Fair Work Act contraventions and "did not simply act as a conduit", the Federal Court has held in a liability judgment, finding she also instructed and trained a colleague in a payroll scam using both accurate and inaccurate records.
Apple and the SDA have told the FWC a RAFFWU bid to axe the tech giant's retail deal is premature and a distraction from bargaining, while the unregistered union maintains it should be expedited as workers are on "inferior conditions".
Australian workplace laws have a "legislative preference" for registered unions to act as a "specific vehicle" for workers seeking to enforce their rights under industrial instruments, the Federal Court has heard.
The FWC has slapped anti-bullying orders on a gated community's body corporate and its treasurer who taunted on-site caretakers about their claim of "living in misery" over the Christmas period because of unpaid invoices.
Casuals cannot be "dispensed with" simply by reducing their hours to zero, the FWC has ruled, clearing the way for a worker to proceed with his adverse action claim.
The FWC has given the go-ahead to a scientist's adverse action case despite claims she "played" the employer by obtaining a reference stating she resigned for health reasons, before refusing to sign a release deed and initiating legal action.
The FSU has launched a Federal Court test case against NAB over alleged unreasonable additional working hours in what the union warns is "just the start" for the industry.
Stevedoring giant Qube has failed to head off a multi-million lawsuit after the FWC found it had no standing to seek retrospective agreement variations affecting dockworkers' pay.
