Recent decision of interest: Interim anti-bullying orders to deal with picketing The Fair Work Commission has issued interim anti-bullying orders in a Melbourne Brewery dispute to stop five replacement workers from being approached or harassed by picketers. The...
News and events: Cashing out annual leave On 29 July 2016 the Fair Work Commission (FWC) updated 112 modern workplace awards to allow workers to choose to cash out some of their annual leave. The changes will allow workers to cash in 2 weeks of leave per 12-month...
It used to be the case that there was no national legislation prohibiting workplace bullying. This meant that a worker who wanted to pursue a bullying claim had to rely on general laws such as workers’ compensation laws, anti-discrimination laws and common law claims....
The FWC upheld the employer’s claim of legal professional privilege over an external report and surrounding documents, because they were created to investigate the bullying claims made by various employees and not to provide advice for the yet-to-be initiated unfair...
Correctly interpreting awards has often presented challenges for employers. The vexed issue of award coverage recently reared its ugly head in Maritime Union of Australia v Sea Swift Pty Ltd & Ors [2016] FWCFB 651.