The FWC has extended time for a late unfair sacking claim after accepting that the worker held off making his application because the employer told him that he had failed to serve the minimum employment period and its external HR provider and its solicitor then reinforced it with similar advice.
A "broad coalition" of unions will call at this week's ACTU Congress in Adelaide for the peak group to press the Albanese Labor Government to legislate next year to insert 10 days reproductive health leave into the NES, according to key affiliate the Queensland Council of Unions.
Shadow workplace relations minister Michaelia Cash has welcomed "several good ideas" on IR policy from the party's NSW branch, which give possible pointers to the forthcoming Federal manifesto.
Unions say a "one-size-fits-all" clause that prohibits use of social media during working time in a proposed agreement before the FWC for approval shows the road building employer is "out of touch" with its workers and the world we live in, but the employer's representative says it is a crucial measure to keep employees safe.
The charity defending a High Court case with the potential to extend duty of care to the disciplining and sacking of workers has warned that overturning a 115-year-old precedent would "disturb the allocation of risk" in every current employment contract.
A prison operator has failed to convince the FWC it should suspend protected action that would allegedly lead to a shortage of corrections officers and endanger prisoners.
A worker has lost a bid for a 75-day extension for his unfair dismissal claim, because his medical evidence lacked detail that explained the delay and his mental health struggles did not prevent him from filing a workers compensation claim.
Qantas decided to outsource about 1700 ground crew during the pandemic "come hell or high water", according to the Federal Court judge hearing the union compensation claim for the former employees.
The ACTU is calling for flexible work arrangement requests to extend to reproductive health issues, ahead of consideration of the issue at next week's triennial Congress in Adelaide.
