An academic sacked after criticising climate research is considering a High Court challenge after a full Federal Court quashed a finding that James Cook University's code of conduct is "subordinate" to intellectual freedom protections.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has dismissed her workplace relations and safety minister, Iain Lees-Galloway, over an "inappropriate" relationship with a departmental staffer.
Victoria's Andrew Government has reached in-principle agreement on a new four-year public sector deal with the CPSU that locks in annual pay rises and introduces a new cash "mobility allowance" for embracing "new ways of working".
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has today identified precarious work as a substantial driver of the State's escalating coronavirus second wave, while the Melbourne-based head of the ABCC is under fire for leaving the virus hotspot to conduct a compulsory examination in Brisbane.
Surging coronavirus cases in Victoria have today prompted an FWC full bench to seek urgent submissions on a provisional view that it should now vary the aged care award to provide paid pandemic leave for employees, including casuals, who must self-isolate.
In dealing with an employer's multiple objections to an AEU bid for a majority support determination, coming after it sought to terminate its agreement, the FWC has expressed regret that even the coronavirus crisis could not convince them to cooperate.
An employer that cut a manager's wages by 15% due to COVID-19, but then restored her old rate when it made her redundant, has failed to establish that her pay exceeded the high-income threshold because to do otherwise would allow "manipulation" to deny her the chance to challenge her dismissal.
Qantas has launched a Federal Court case against the FAAA to clarify whether it can keep paying fortnightly penalty rates in arrears while receiving JobKeeper, as the ASU accuses it of "stealing" by counting them against the wrong top-up period.
