In an important ruling on the NSW IRC's jurisdictional powers, the High Court has found that a since-repealed provision did not prevent the State tribunal considering a police officer's unfair dismissal case that challenged his forced retirement on medical grounds.
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.
Former FWC Vice President Michael Lawler is suing the ABC and one of its reporters for allegedly deceiving him into participating in a Four Corners program that a Government inquiry later found displayed his "unfitness" for office.
Tasmania's Supreme Court has reprimanded State Industrial Commission president David Barclay - who has a secondary appointment to the FWC - for professional misconduct on a medical negligence case that he did "little to progress" in the 24 years he had carriage of it until he joined the tribunal.
The leadership of the CFMMEU's manufacturing division will soon discuss demerging from the rest of the union, declaring that its operations are "clearly broken".
An unlawfully sacked IT worker has missed out on $80,000 in fines levied against his former employer, because of his active involvement in a convoluted scheme designed to attract government research funding.
The UFU's national office has won court backing to "resuscitate" its Queensland branch after a precipitous membership decline and a subsequent mass resignation by officers and delegates in 2019.
Provisional wage review timetable approved; Secure jobs inquiry queries witness treatment; New FWC website to launch this weekend; Permit suspended after underwhelming case; Productivity Inquiry gets underway; Labour Hire Authority thwarts "phoenixing"; and Feedback sought on online hearings.
