FWC PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION AND GENDER UNDERVALUATION
On the 4th of November the Fair Work Commission President Ross released a statement on Occupational Segregation and Gender Undervaluation after the Full Bench handed down a decision in Aged Care Work Value Case. Occupational segregation has remained consistent for the past …
HEAVY FINES FOR SACKING IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF DISCRIMINATION
A recent decision by Federal Circuit and Family Court Judge Amanda Tonkin saw justice served for veteran stonemason Timothy John Rutley when his previous employer was ordered to pay another $76,000 in fines for unlawful and discriminatory adverse action. The stone benchtops …
THE FAIR WORK COMMISSION 2021-22 ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED
The Fair Work Commission recently released their Access to Justice – 2021-22 Annual Report. The 146-page report provides an overview from the President and General Manager on the organisational structure of the Commission and its members, performance and framework against intended results, …
The Right to Disconnect, Flexibility Requests and Roster Justice
Labour senators Deborah O’Neill, Jana Stewart and Linda White and the Greens’ Barbara Pocock are putting the pressure on Albanese Government to consider making amendments to Requests for Flexible Working Arrangements in s65 of the Fair Work Act 2009. A 152- page …