A full Federal Court has clarified the extent to which employers must investigate alternative roles for workers caught up in restructures, finding that a mining company had an obligation to assess whether employees could replace already-engaged contractors before making them redundant.
The IEU is planning to apply for a supported bargaining authorisation covering up to 40 NSW community-based preschools by the end of the month, pushing for increases of at least 25% for teachers who are paid far less than they would receive if they worked in a school.
The Law Council has endorsed the FWC's quest for stricter regulation of paid agents, but warned it off considering the "capacity" of lawyers to act for parties in cases before the Commission.
TasWater can direct workers to shave off their stubble, sideburns, moustaches and beards to ensure their respiratory masks fit properly, the FWC has held, rejecting the CEPU's claims that it is unreasonable.
The FWC is seeking submissions on the latest phase of its research on gender-based occupational segregation, which has been released ahead of this year's annual wage review.
A court has accepted that Melbourne University threatened two casual workers that "if you claim outside your contracted hours don't expect work next year" and when one worker tried to claim five additional hours it refused to further engage her, calling her a "self-entitled Y-genner" on a "crusade behind the scenes".
The FWC is considering whether to provide a "generous opportunity" for organisations with a broader interest to participate in two MEU "same job, same pay" test cases that aim to lift the pay of Programmed and Workpac labour hire mine workers.
Autistic people need employment support and training, Autism-friendly workplaces and for employers to address hiring biases, according to the draft National Autism Strategy.
Veteran IR consultant Garry Dircks has told the FWC that he supports measures to deal with "rogue" paid agents' "exploitative" and "improper" conduct, but cautions against adopting changes that are biased against them and prevent workers from securing lower-cost and lower-risk alternatives to lawyers.
A café owner penalised for ignoring a FWO compliance notice has been referred to a legal profession regulator after variously describing herself as a "Commonwealth public prosecutions Lawyer" and "Gov lawyer" in emails to a court.
