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ER manager sought safe harbour against sex bias claimant

Published: 25 May 2023 7:29am

A male doctor has lost his bid to join to his s-x discrimination case a female ER manager who applied for a personal safety intervention order against him.

Court rejects defamation appeal over alleged racist comment

Published: 17 May 2023 7:32am

The WA Court of Appeal has thrown out a nursing assistant's challenge to a judge's rejection of her $750,000 defamation claim, which she brought against her employer because a registered nurse accused her of saying "I hate working with Africans".

Co-worker "volunteered" female BHP engineer as note-taker: Claim

Published: 12 May 2023 7:05am

A female engineer suing BHP in an adverse action case claims a male colleague told her it was a compliment when he "volunteered" her to take notes at a meeting.

Budget funds Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Published: 11 May 2023 8:52am

The Federal Budget has allocated $8 million in funding over four years to create an Anti-Slavery Commissioner to improve transparency in supply chains and almost $60 million to improve the culture of federal parliamentary workplaces.

Swearing at colleague was s-xual harassment: FWC

Published: 09 May 2023 11:51am

The FWC has upheld the sacking of a worker for telling a colleague during an argument that "I'll f-ck you in the a-se", finding that the choice of words went "far beyond" simply swearing in the workplace and constituted s-xual harassment.

Pending decision scrapped after worker's death

Published: 08 May 2023 1:22pm

In a case expanding the circumstances under which the FWC will not publish a finding, the tribunal has rejected union arguments that it should release its decision so as to potentially "clear the name" of a former BHP worker who committed suicide after hearings into his unfair dismissal claim were completed.

Damages payout boosted for previously "vibrant" accountant

Published: 08 May 2023 12:39pm

A court has upped from $20,000 to $90,000 the general damages payout for a veteran chief accountant subjected to age discrimination and is considering billing his former employer a further $142,000 for economic loss, after hearing he is "no longer the same man" and is unable to work.

McDonald's franchisee admits "unlawful de-unionisation" activity

Published: 04 May 2023 4:00pm

The SDA is gearing up to take further action against McDonald's fast food outlets after a settlement in which a franchisee coughed up $275,000 and confessed to waging a union-busting campaign and pressuring part-timers to become casuals, despite denying it in court documents.

Chef's equal pay bid referred to expert panel hearing

Published: 04 May 2023 1:22pm

A former chef at a major catering company has appeared before FWC President Adam Hatcher seeking an equal remuneration order, in a case that could test workers' ability to seek retrospective redress from a pay equity expert panel once they have left an employer.

Unconscious bias ruling upheld on appeal

Published: 04 May 2023 6:24am

Victoria's appeal court has upheld a ruling that an employer treated a manager unfavourably because of her s-x, when it ignored her repeated attempts to negotiate over-agreement pay rates, despite affording higher rates to male colleagues.

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