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Pilot reinstated after being "lumped" in with anti-vaxxers

In a decision reinstating a Regional Express pilot who missed a COVID-19 vaccination deadline, the FWC has expressed sympathy for the airline's "beleaguered HR staff", despite finding the sacking procedurally flawed.

Conspiracy theory complaints blow up long career

The FWC has upheld Australia Post's sacking of a long-time employee who ignored directions not to return to a client's workplace after complaints he was spreading COVID-19 conspiracy theories.

Mail redirection warrants extension to contest COVID-19 sacking: FWC

An AGL worker who refused to provide proof of being vaccinated against COVID-19 has won a time extension to contest her dismissal after the FWC accepted her application was delayed when the Commission redirected its mail from Perth to Melbourne.

No basis for manager's lockdown pay cut: Tribunal

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.

Sacking about choice, not employer jab "mandate": Tribunal

A FWC member has sought to emphasise that jabs are a matter of choice for employees, rather than a "mandate" imposed by employers, as a tide of COVID-19 vaccination-related unfair dismissal cases work their way through the tribunal.

"Predisposed view" did not scuttle consultation: FWC

A senior FWC member has thrown out a union challenge to a Commonwealth-owned business's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, while observing that having a "predisposed view" does not mean an employer has failed to genuinely consult about new policies.

Employer's HR became reactive, haphazard at COVID-19's peak

In a ruling that shines a light on "haphazard" HR practices in Victoria's Health Department at the height of the pandemic, the FWC has rejected claims it did not sack a hotel quarantine worker and lambasted it for meeting production orders with redactions that rendered evidence meaningless.

Qantas asking High Court to overturn outsource ruling

The TWU is decrying the Flying Kangaroo's decision to seek special leave from the High Court to challenge the full Federal Court ruling that it took unlawful adverse action when it contracted-out its ground handling functions to prevent workers from exercising their workplace rights to bargain and engage in industrial action, while rival Virgin Australia has told its workforce that it will end its wage freeze.