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Wrong line: FWC roasts employer after cocaine sacking

The FWC has reinstated a Sydney Trains worker who used cocaine while on leave, after lambasting the employer for not making it clear that it tests for use rather than impairment and for failing to take on board earlier criticism of its drug and alcohol policy.

RAFFWU pursuing Woolies over COVID-19 shift changes

RAFFWU says it is suing Woolworths on behalf of about 1400 night shift workers allegedly "dragged into meetings" at the height of the pandemic and made to "radically change their work hours from overnight to day or evening work", costing individuals up to $30,000 a year.

Court reserves on anti-sacking case against UWU

A Federal Court judge has today reserved on an application to restrain the UWU from dismissing two organisers who claim it subjected them to adverse action for backing a majority support petition as part of a campaign for a new in-house enterprise agreement, but the union claims their case is "untenable" and should be thrown out.

Pay discount upheld for drinking, smoking teacher

A teacher who smoked and lifted a cask of wine above his head to drink from its tap during a video meeting to discuss online learning during a COVID-19 lockdown has failed to overturn a decision to dock his pay for a year.

Indemnity costs after groundless jurisdictional objection

The FWC has levelled indemnity costs against an employer that claimed to be acting on FWO advice when it objected to a former employee's adverse action case on the basis that her post-ANZAC Day filing pushed it beyond the statutory deadline.

Chest infection a temporary disability: Court

A court has ordered a cafe to pay a teenage worker $7300 compensation, including $6000 for hurt and humiliation, after it took unlawful adverse action because of his temporary disability when it dismissed him for calling in sick due to a chest infection.


Chef's adverse action claim back on menu

A FIFO chef's one-day-late adverse action application can proceed after the FWC accepted that he did not realise he filed 12 blank pages in support of his claim.

Sacked wharfie's explanation not blame-shifting: FWC

Qube Ports must reinstate a stevedore who pranged a client's $70,000 Mercedes after an operations manager mistook her explanations as an attempt to excuse her behaviour or shift the blame.

Ventia seeks arbitration after 15 months of talks

The FWC has reserved its decision on the first contested intractable bargaining case to be heard by a single member, after service provider Ventia told the tribunal it should find negotiations for outsourced Defence aviation firefighting operations in Queensland have reached an impasse after 15 months of talks and more than 18 months of industrial action.