The Federal Court will this morning hear a bid by Teal MP Monique Ryan's chief of staff to keep her job until it finishes dealing with her claims that the Federal Government sacked her for refusing to work unreasonable extra hours and subjected her to "hostile conduct".
A State corporation, in the face of medical evidence, lacked the discretion to deny extra sick leave to a worker with a bad leg break that it believed didn't meet the definition of a serious long-term injury, the FWC has found.
The FWC has reinstated a Queensland rail worker sacked for breaching the organisation's zero alcohol policy when he blew 0.025 in a random workplace alcohol breath test, finding the dismissal harsh because of his unblemished 39-year tenure, his age and limited education.
The FWC has delayed a board chair's urgent anti-bullying hearing until next month, amid concerns that the regional development board's attempt to sideline her is "usurping the role" of the responsible federal minister "as only the minister has the authority to suspend the chair".
The Federal Court has restrained a Federal agency from sacking an employee it accused of lying about the disciplinary action that led to her resigning from her previous APS job.
The FWC has today approved an agreement for the second time, after a "computer glitch" corrupted the formatting of the deal endorsed by the tribunal the first time around.
The CPSU is pushing the Albanese Government to bring forward to the start of next year its promised return to centralised bargaining for common terms and conditions in the Australian Public Sector.
ABC employees' almost three-quarters majority rejection of a deal unilaterally offered by the public broadcaster edges them closer to ending a "business model of overwork, underpay and inequality", according to the MEAA, which together with the CPSU is seeking almost twice the organisation's 9.5% proposal.
A FWC commissioner has recused himself from hearing a vax-hesitant university worker's dispute after accepting that views he expressed during unsuccessful conciliation raised doubts about his impartiality.
A Victorian government youth justice worker sacked for not having further COVID-19 vaccination shots after reacting adversely to his first dose has won compensation, the FWC finding the department should have explored redeployment and reasonable adjustments.
