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Worker sacked for leaving his shift for five hours

The FWC has upheld the sacking of a supervisor for changing the ratio of carers for an NDIS participant without permission and leaving a colleague in an unsafe situation.

Budget brings curtain down on casuals' paid sick leave

Victoria's Allan Labor Government has ended an Australian-first pilot scheme providing paid sick leave to casual and contract workers as part of a 2024 budget that seeks to rein in growing State debt.

Union questions "carrot and stick" of mutual gains bargaining

Employer and union speakers at the NSW IR Society's annual conference have voiced reservations about the Minns Government's "mutual gains bargaining" system, but State IR Minister Sophie Cotsis says she is "encouraged" by engagement levels so far.

University throws down court challenge to FWO

A privately-owned university has secured a Federal Court stay on a FWO compliance notice seeking rectification of alleged underpayments to an academic.

Employer "disingenuous" in reprising PABO objections

The FWC has found two types of proposed industrial action against an employer unlawful because they lack specificity, but has also labelled the company "disingenuous" for objecting to the original PABO, withdrawing its concerns and then re-ventilating them a month later.

Crypto manager's award claim lacks substance: FWC

The FWC has observed that an employer "is not a charity", in rejecting a claim from a former risk manager for an insolvent cryptocurrency trader that his award-covered role did not change despite successive $50,000 promotions over just 15 months.

Australia near lead of 15-year productivity race: FWC

Australia's labour productivity growth is close to the top of the league table for comparable advanced economies, trailing the leading US by a small margin over the past 15 years, according to a new FWC publication.

SDA backing looms large in Coles deal approval

A FWC full bench led by President Adam Hatcher has approved the new Coles supermarkets agreement, after according "significant weight" to the SDA representing at least 33 times more Coles employees than RAFFWU and rejecting the latter's claims that workers did not "genuinely agree" to it.


"Get the coffees" request not discriminatory: FWC

The FWC has backed a global company's HR processes after dismissing a senior employee's claim that she had no option but to resign when an investigation rejected her portrayal of a male colleague asking her to "get the coffees" during a client workshop as s-xual harassment.