A FWC full bench has refused to extend the life of zombie agreements for several Hogs Breath Café franchises that left some workers without penalty rates for almost two decades and has rejected their evidence that bargaining is underway.
FWC President Adam Hatcher has decried a paid IR agent's "misleading and unethical" practices in a case where it failed to inform a worker that the amount agreed to settle his adverse action claim would not cover its fees.
Former ACTU leader Greg Combet will replace former Coalition treasurer Peter Costello as chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians, necessitating him stepping down from his leadership of the Federal Government's "just transition" agency, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced this morning.
While major changes to the NSW IR Act that usher in mutual gains bargaining and scrap the State Government's power to cap wages are now in effect, parts of the legislation that re-establish the Industrial Court are yet to be proclaimed.
A worker who called a FWC deputy president a "dip-sh-t", "bearuacratic w-nker" and a "grinch" has failed to secure his recusal for allegedly failing to hold his employer accountable for breaching the Privacy Act.
The FWC has ordered compensation but declined to reinstate 24 DP World wharfies sacked in 2021 for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19, finding that although the dismissal process was bungled, the workers "significantly contributed" to the situation.
The FWC has published a digital database of the 2008-09 award modernisation process, comprising thousands of searchable documents making up what then Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard described as a "historic reform" of Australia's awards system.
In a case highlighting the many tripwires involved in remote working arrangements, the FWC has upheld the sacking of a Bureau of Meteorology scientist who fell off the radar after an overseas holiday.
FWC President Adam Hatcher has ordered a paid IR agent to attend a conference to resolve a worker's complaint that he ended up out of pocket after settling an adverse action case his representative sought to discontinue without his express approval.
The FWC will in March hear ABC arguments that radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf's claim that the broadcaster unlawfully sacked her over an Instagram post critical of Israel's war in Gaza cannot proceed because of her casual engagement and reliance on the wrong provision of the Fair Work Act.
