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"Faith stream's" vax views insufficient to sway FWC

Published: 29 March 2023 7:07am

The FWC has rejected an unvaccinated child protection officer's faith-based challenge to her sacking, despite claims that requiring her to get a COVID-19 jab is akin to asking a Muslim worker "to have injections that s/he considered not Halal".

Tribunal to reconsider whether it can expunge warning

Published: 22 March 2023 3:08pm

In a significant ruling on its powers, the NSW IRC will reconsider a nurse's victimisation claims after overturning a finding it lacked the power to order that a disciplinary warning be removed from her file.

Anti-bully order granted after "living in misery" taunt

Published: 13 March 2023 7:22am

The FWC has slapped anti-bullying orders on a gated community's body corporate and its treasurer who taunted on-site caretakers about their claim of "living in misery" over the Christmas period because of unpaid invoices.

UK Government appoints workplace menopause ambassador

Published: 09 March 2023 2:07pm

The UK Government has appointed a menopause ambassador to encourage employers to develop policies to support menopausal women to keep working.

Jetstar overseer failed to curb farting, harassing subordinate: FWC

Published: 03 March 2023 12:43pm

A Jetstar maintenance supervisor who referred to colleagues as "dumb c-nts" and tried to destroy the credibility of a complaining subordinate by revealing he was overtly flatulent and openly rubbed his p-nis at work has failed to establish that his sacking involved double standards or unfairness.

Deal's format answers inclusivity call: TPG

Published: 03 March 2023 6:59am

TPG Telecom says it used a legal documents designer and best-practice inclusivity guidelines to create an engaging, accessible post-merger deal with "amazing" conditions, but the CEPU's communications division says it delivers a pay cut and unfairly shifts the goalposts on penalty rates.

Gender pay gap narrows, but unions point to real wage cut

Published: 23 February 2023 5:07pm

The WGEA says the gender pay gap has fallen to its lowest point ever at 13.3%, but the ACTU says women "face the biggest fall in real wages in history" and "have little to celebrate".

"Use it or lose it" provisions hinge on taskforce advice

Published: 23 February 2023 11:05am

A federal government official has told the Senate inquiry into the Albanese Government's plan to boost paid parental leave by six weeks that the Women's Economic Equality Taskforce recommendations on the "use it or lose it" provisions will inform the second phase of reforms that take effect in July next year.

Declined parental leave did not force HR manager's resignation

Published: 21 February 2023 7:09am

An employer did not force the resignation of an experienced HR manager suffering a difficult pregnancy when it refused to grant her a year's parental leave, a court has found.

Anti-lockdown rallying cry warranted dismissal: Court

Published: 20 February 2023 12:11pm

A casual Census collector sacked by the ABS for calling on her 7000 LinkedIn connections to revolt against COVID-19 lockdowns has failed to persuade a court that it "violently" discriminated against her.

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