A FWC bench has upheld a ruling that a club unfairly sacked a casual duty manager after accusing her of stealing a drink, but not before rejecting a presidential member's finding that the "theft" needed to be established "beyond reasonable doubt" and that the employer used an "intimidatory" dismissal process.
The FWC has extended time for a late unfair sacking claim after accepting that the worker held off making his application because the employer told him that he had failed to serve the minimum employment period and its external HR provider and its solicitor then reinforced it with similar advice.
Shadow workplace relations minister Michaelia Cash has welcomed "several good ideas" on IR policy from the party's NSW branch, which give possible pointers to the forthcoming Federal manifesto.
The charity defending a High Court case with the potential to extend duty of care to the disciplining and sacking of workers has warned that overturning a 115-year-old precedent would "disturb the allocation of risk" in every current employment contract.
TAFE NSW must pay two workers more than $230,000 in legal costs and $100,000 in compensation after the FWC overturned their dismissals for alleged fraudulent, dishonest and corrupt behaviour.
A "wealthy" global sports company's mistaken belief that a sacked manager took unapproved days off has contributed to a judge finding that it should be hit with only 25% of the maximum penalty for taking three months to pay out his annual leave entitlements.
Construction giant Laing O'Rourke has failed to block consideration of compensation and penalties while it appeals a finding that it unlawfully sacked a manager over an altercation at a party during a bushfire recovery project.
Artificial intelligence HR and hiring tools pose "significant risks" for workplaces, according to an equality law expert who is calling for an enforceable positive duty on employers, while a recruitment body has told a Senate inquiry there should be an industry standard.
A group of DP World wharfies unfairly sacked for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have failed to knock out a decision not to reinstate them, leaving a question hanging around the lawfulness of their employer's actions.
The FWC has lashed a HR consultant's "astonishingly poor" advice as contributing to the unfair dismissal of a long-serving manager whose redundancy process descended into accusations of serious misconduct, in part because of a mistaken belief that he emailed malware to his former employer.
