A FWC decision rejecting an Uber driver's claim he was an employee but observing his relationship with the company could operate unfairly will strengthen calls for the Albanese Labor Government to move quickly to boost gig workers' rights, an IR academic says.
A finding that the FWC cannot keep dealing with disputes brought under old agreements once a new deal comes into effect has produced "arbitrary, anomalous and nonsensical outcomes" and is wrong, a full bench has held, calling for an amendment to the Fair Work Act to reflect the new precedent.
The CFMMEU has failed to kick out a key plank of BHP's internal labour hire operation after the FWC found that it did not dismiss 17 Hunter Valley mineworkers who declined to relocate interstate.
A UK employment tribunal has found that an employer unfairly dismissed a nurse for using too much sick leave and discriminated against her by failing to make reasonable adjustments to accomodate her disabilities, which included migraine headaches.
The FSU is seeking annual pay rises of 6% in bargaining at both Westpac and NAB, arguing the hefty increases are justified by the inflation spike and the major banks' continuing strong profits.
A leading labour law academic has expressed concern that the High Court's recent Rossato ruling "unduly swayed" a senior FWC member who found a casual worker's contract helped establish she had no reasonable expectation of continuing employment, despite having worked every week for 14 months.
A 20% pay cut imposed on a general manager while his employer shut its doors due to COVID-19 restrictions breached his contract and did not qualify as a JobKeeper-enabling direction, WA's IRC has held.
An ASX-listed mining company that is pursuing a former contracts manager for allegedly misusing confidential information and earning secret profits is seeking to ban access to the details of an explosive Federal Court challenge to his sacking.
A finance analyst's decision to "go nuclear" after her employer's harsh denial of a chance to interview for new roles in a corporate restructure ultimately justified her redundancy, the FWC has found.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra's former chief executive cannot accuse it of sacking her for ordering a sexual harassment probe after initially claiming to be the victim of a politically-driven "hit job", it contends in a defence that declines to say why it did dismiss her.
