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Metcash loses appeal over worker rest breaks
Employment 2024-10-30 11:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Distribution company Metcash has lost its bid to overturn a decision that found it had to provide employees with a 12-hour break between shifts irrespective of whether the work was ordinary or overtime hours.

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Lawyer found to have yelled at opposing solicitor can’t appeal sacking
Employment 2024-10-24 12:50 pm By Andy Sidler

A family lawyer can’t appeal a decision that found her dismissal was justified after she gamed her employer’s time recording system and yelled at an opposing solicitor. 

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HSU secretary can’t use union funds for legal defence
Employment 2024-10-08 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has restrained Health Services Union secretary Diana Asmar from using union cash to fund her defence against allegations of illegitimate reimbursements at the union’s Victorian branch. 

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Legal secretary’s ‘spiteful’ case against Gadens gets the boot
Employment 2024-09-24 3:52 pm By Sam Matthews

The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a six-year-old unfair dismissal case against Gadens, describing the case as part of an apparent “spiteful campaign” against the firm. 

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Lawyer, as well as paid agent, can represent party in workplace dispute, FWC says
Employment 2024-09-02 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has found that a party may be granted leave to be represented by both a paid agent and a lawyer, rejecting an appeal by the CFMEU in a dispute with BMD Group.

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ANZ employee can’t work from home full time, FWC says
Seyfarth Shaw 2024-08-23 11:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An ANZ employee has lost her application in the Fair Work Commission to work from home full time on the basis that she is over 55 years old, with a commissioner saying there was no “rational connection” between her age and the request. 

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Judge recuses himself from CFMEU administration case
Employment 2024-08-06 2:11 pm By Sam Matthews

As the Fair Work Commission takes its plan to appoint an administrator to the construction division of the CFMEU to court, a judge has recused himself from hearing the case after acting against the union while at the bar. 

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Ex-ATO worker was not forced to resign amid murder charges, FWC finds
Employment 2024-07-24 11:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former employee of the Australian Taxation Office who faced murder charges over a cold case from 1984, which have since been dropped, has lost his unfair dismissal case after the FWC found he was not forced to resign. 

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Law firm director sacked assistant in ChatGPT-written text message, FWC finds
AI 2024-07-17 9:36 pm By Sam Matthews

The director of a Perth law firm fired a legal assistant by a text message that was generated with ChatGPT, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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Government backs FWC plan to put CFMEU construction division into administration
Construction 2024-07-17 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Employment Minister Tony Burke says he will support the Fair Work Commission’s plan to appoint an independent administrator to the construction division of the CFMEU and flagged an AFP investigation into recent allegations the union has been infiltrated by criminal figures. 

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