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No 10-day minimum for e-ballots: FWC

A senior FWC member has granted unions a protected action ballot period of eight working days despite an employer's claim his decision in Nilsen established a 10-day minimum for electronic voting, and its concerns a shorter timeframe will hamper preparations for the s448A compulsory conference.

"Sympathy" but no extension for late FEG claim

A tribunal has refused to extend time for a worker's three-months-late FEG claim but expressed its "sympathy" for the COVID-19 "chaos" and her employer's delayed notification of her entitlements that led to her late application.

Minters lawyer for Rio Tinto not unfair: FWC

A worker has failed to convince the FWC that permitting "billion-dollar company" Rio Tinto to engage an external lawyer to defend a general protections claim would unfairly disadvantage him.

Bench bulldozes ACCC case against Hutchinson, CFMEU

A full Federal Court has overturned a ruling that the CFMEU induced and had knowing involvement in major construction company J Hutchinson's unlawful boycott of a non-union waterproofing subcontractor.


No interim ban on biometric bundy clock

The FWC has refused the AMWU's request to pause an employer's use of a new biometric facial scanning system for clocking on and off, because the company agreed that until the dispute concludes, workers can continue to use a manual timekeeping system.

Qantas to pay $21K to safety representative

Qantas has agreed to pay $21,000 compensation for its unlawful discriminatory conduct towards an elected health and safety representative it "sidelined" and then stood down during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.

NSW considering industrial manslaughter offence

The Minns Labor Government will consider introducing an industrial manslaughter offence carrying fines of up to $18 million and lengthy prison sentences as part of a broader shake-up of NSW workplace safety laws.


Police commissioner's vax mandate unlawful: Court

Queensland's departing police commissioner failed to properly consider the human rights implications of two ultimately unlawful vaccination mandates issued at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Supreme Court review has found.