Just days after the defeat of the Morrison Government's legislation to further regulate the conduct of employee organisations and their officials, IR Minister Christian Porter has released a discussion paper on cooperative IR that seeks feedback on the role unions can play in fostering harmonious workplace relationships.
A CommSec manager sacked for breaching 'Banking 101' procedures has been denied a second hearing of her unfair dismissal claim on appeal grounds declared "trivial and spurious" by an FWC full bench.
The FWC has upheld the dismissal of a long-serving security guard summarily dismissed after his corner-cutting habits while patrolling a "potentially dangerous" public housing estate were confirmed by a supervisor posing as a trainee.
An FWC member has rejected a big employer's call to recuse himself from an unfair dismissal case, finding that his long familiarity with its processes and people remained "beneficial" to the parties despite having recently had one of his decisions involving the company overturned on appeal.
The FWC has upheld Sydney Water's sacking of a long-serving employee who deliberately concealed his off-site coffee breaks and avoided "make-up" time and the loss of his RDOs by "tailgating" other employees through security gates.
A one-day-a-week art tutor who claims she repeatedly refused to switch to an individual contract is suing a non-profit organisation for adverse action and sham contracting by allegedly failing to pay super or leave entitlements and sacking her when she accused them of breaching the Fair Work Act.
The union representing teachers and support staff in Queensland's Catholic schools is accusing employers of being the first in Australia to threaten a lock-out in the sector, but the QCEC claims it is untrue as it is seeking the "exact opposite".
The FWC has backed the actions of an aviation services company that kept a security guard on standby as it sacked a long-serving administration worker with a short history of volatile outbursts.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a Sydney Harbour ferry master who fell asleep while in control of his vessel after taking an over-the-counter cough mixture.
