A landmark unfair dismissal case involving a former delivery rider for Foodora Australia Pty Ltd is set to continue tomorrow, despite the company last month going into voluntary administration.
The Australian Electoral Commission was entitled to summarily sack a team leader for fudging industrial election figures to mask errors made by an inexperienced colleague, the FWC has found.
In a case traversing the thorny issue of recognising prior service when bringing casual labour hire in-house, the FWC has found a worker didn't qualify for unfair dismissal protection because his previous arrangement was not genuine outsourcing.
An FWC full bench has thrown out a university's attempt to sideline the NTEU over potential redundancies, rejecting as "artificial" its distinction between representing staff in face-to-face meetings and challenging aspects of the proposal once it was circulated.
National Rugby League referees are pushing ahead with a protected action ballot in pursuit of a ground-breaking enterprise agreement and greater job security than offered under their current 12-month contracts.
The FWC has refused permission for a senior HR manager to correctly identify her employer in a general protections claim after the company's US parent argued she had intentionally named it at the first instance for "strategic benefit".
Alcoa says it would welcome an "alternative proposal" from the AWU after striking workers resoundingly rejected its latest offer, but it will not withdraw a bid to terminate the current deal.
An FWC full bench has refused a rabbi leave to appeal a decision rejecting his third set of unfair dismissal proceedings against his past employer, on the basis it was seven years out of time and had no prospect of success.
As the FSU and Travel Money Oz head to conciliation next Thursday over claims that the currency exchange business owes workers for unpaid overtime including attendance at "buzz nights", the parties are already at loggerheads over award coverage.
In a decision closely examining the circumstances under which casuals satisfy minimum employment periods, the FWC has found a solicitor's admission that he didn't prepare well for a competitive hiring process contributed to leaving him one month short of being protected from unfair dismissal.