Nurses warn of impending bed closures; $32K awarded for Scottish accent sacking; Builder cops $12K penalty for blocking union entry; Listed company faces $50M claim for bullying, victimisation; and Correction.
A migration agent accused of having active cases in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal after he started working for it as an associate must pay $12,000 towards its legal costs after pursuing an unsuccessful adverse action claim challenging his sacking.
In a signal to employers that they must have systems in place to ensure they promptly provide information the FWC requires to launch a protected action ballot, the Federal Court has imposed a substantial fine on waste giant Cleanaway for a short delay in the "time-critical" process, while warning that in more egregious cases larger penalties would be warranted.
The FWC has refused to further delay a sick legal secretary's unfair dismissal hearing after almost six years of adjournments, and will consider any further extension requests "vexatious".
Workers who subscribe to common "s-xual harassment myths" are 16 times more likely than others to use digital communications to s-xually harass their colleagues, according to a new paper that also suggests that employers had been poorly prepared for related issues arising from the pandemic-driven shift to working from home.
In a significant decision on principles of open justice, gas giant Santos has won confidentiality orders on its second attempt as it defends its sacking of a former outlaw motorcycle gang member accused of s-xually harassing a 22-year-old apprentice.
A truck driver sacked without notice via a Saturday afternoon voicemail following the sale of his employer's business has won compensation, including a payment to cover the cost of "upskilling" his licence.
A FWC presidential member has issued a worker a "stern rebuke" for failing to prosecute or discontinue an unmeritorious unfair dismissal claim and complaining that the "worst thing about his job" was that his colleagues "spoke Chinese all day long".
A FWC full bench has slammed a public health provider's HR team for its "inappropriate" response to queries about late payment of 'nauseous work' and education allowances for an estimated 220 employees, concluding that the delay amounted to an underpayment capable of attracting a penalty.
FWC Vice President Joe Catanzariti has foreshadowed his retirement in early June, a departure that will enable the Albanese Labor Government to further reshape the upper echelons of the tribunal.
