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As Telstra becomes the latest to face a class action on behalf of employees refusing to comply with COVID-19 vaccination policies, more than a 100 mainly healthcare, education and construction workers are discontinuing their challenge to Victoria's vaccine mandate.

A full Federal Court has cleared the way for a police officer injured while on duty to argue the NSW police commissioner acted in a discriminatory manner in demoting then medically discharging him.

An Amazon IT manager seeking reinstatement or more than $1 million compensation claims the $4 trillion-dollar giant sacked him after he complained that a US-based manager took credit for a project solved by his team.

A police officer sacked for repeatedly asking a colleague to go on a date with him has had his dismissal upheld by the NSW IRC.

A broad coalition of prominent women is backing the #SafetyRespectEquity campaign that will push for equal pay and workplace safety.

The FWC has acknowledged the "minefield" faced by employers hiring workers with criminal records, in a decision upholding a supermarket chain's dismissal of an employee who objected to working alongside a s-x offender.

A sales director allegedly dismissed just five hours after he told his chief operating officer that he intended to take unpaid parental leave on the birth of his two surrogate children is seeking compensation and a pecuniary penalty for alleged unlawful adverse action, but the company says the claim is baseless.

An accountant previously held to have s-xually harassed a supervisor is now challenging his dismissal from a new job as a pricing coordinator at Bunnings, accusing it of discriminating against him with "outright vengeful intent" when it became aware of his history.

The FWC has despite claims of innocence upheld the sacking of an experienced school crossing supervisor who asked to touch an after-school program worker's hair before making "s-xually demeaning" comments.

Former Workplace Gender Equality Agency director Libby Lyons has called for "radical changes" to stamp out unfairness in the Fair Work Act, ditch gendered terms and discriminatory clauses in agreements and stop stereotyping women as caregivers.