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Law firm partner went all caps in email blasting ‘menstrual based cycle’ billing, court told
A former general manager suing law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell has amended her pleadings as trial in her case resumes Friday, expanding her claims and including details of an email in which the firm's managing partner allegedly slammed her practice of billing clients on a "menstrual based cycle".
FWC ‘misconstrued’ general protections authority, Full Court says in win for Coles
A landmark judgment by the Full Federal Court has found that a full bench of the Fair Work Commission "misconstrued" its own authority to make general protections findings about the dismissal of employees.
Facing lawsuit, Woolworths reverses position in pay dispute with union
Woolworths has agreed to fast-track retail employee pay increases after a union hit the supermarket giant with a lawsuit this week.
BP worker fired over Hitler parody video wins $201,000 in compensation
A BP worker whose employment was reinstated after he was unfairly dismissed for sharing a video clip that included subtitles placed over a scene from the movie 'Downfall' about Adolf Hitler, has been awarded $201,000 in lost wages and superannuation.
COVID-19 has led to 30 per cent spike in FWC cases, president says
An increase in the number of unfair dismissal cases and the addition of JobKeeper disputes has seen the general caseload of the Fair Work Commission jump by 30 per cent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, FWC President Justice Iain Ross AO told Lawyerly.
Ozcare worker says mandatory flu vaccines discriminate against her
An employee from not-for-profit aged care health provider Ozcare who claims the company discriminated against her through its mandatory flu vaccine policies has had her case thrown out of the Fair Work Commission.
Uber Eats driver was not an employee, FWC confirms on appeal
A Fair Work Commission appeals panel has upheld a ruling that an Uber Eats delivery driver allegedly let go for being 10 minutes late was not an employee and was therefore not protected by unfair dismissal laws.
BHP wins appeal of unfair dismissal finding for worker over sex toy prank
BHP has successfully appealed a Fair Work Commission decision that found the mining giant had unfairly dismissed a worker after she placed a sex toy in a co-worker’s baggage at airport security and posed for a revealing photo at work.
Union files FWC challenge after Qantas worker suspended for coronavirus warning
Qantas is facing a Fair Work Commission lawsuit by the Transport Workers' Union after the airline suspended an aircraft cleaner who raised concerns about coronavirus risks.
Crude joke no valid reason for dismissing ‘larrikin’ mine worker, FWC finds
The Fair Work Commission has found that BHP's decision to fire a mine worker and self-professed 'larrikin' for a single crude joke was unjustified, but the employee's attempts to throw other staff "under the bus" during an internal investigation were valid reasons for the dismissal.