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The embattled FSU is facing further legal action as its former national industrial officer, Andrew McKeown, pursues adverse action and bullying claims against the union and its former national secretary.

The Federal Court has ordered Clermont Coal to pay the CFMEU $5000 in penalties for dismissing a union delegate.

A sales manager who alleged she was sacked for seeking compassionate leave after the death of her grandfather has had her adverse action claim dismissed because she failed to provide sufficient proof for the request.

A public servant who unsuccessfully argued his employer took adverse action against him when it failed to promote him has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected after allegations emerged that he submitted a "dummy" job application to bolster his claims.

ASX 200 organisations are "pro-active" in addressing gender-based pay inequity and more likely than smaller companies to address gender pay gaps but they still have a higher pay differential and a fewer women in leadership roles, according to a new WGEA report.

A truck driver at a coal mine overheard on a two-way radio saying his colleague would "like a good teabagging" and that Muslims were "f--ked up" because of "years of inbreeding" has won his job back after the FWC ruled his dismissal was harsh.

Internal divisions within a union over the funding of a redundancy payment to a long-serving administrative employee have boiled over in the Federal Court.

The FWC has ordered an employer that ran an "absurd" Monty Pythonesque defence to pay almost $90,000 to cover the legal costs of a teacher it sacked for "disgraceful, improper or unbecoming" conduct after she aired grievances at a school meeting.

The FWC has weighed up the "unsophisticated" HR system of a Domino's Pizza franchisee against the "high degree of HRM specialist advice" available from the franchisor, in considering an unfair dismissal claim by a delivery driver who blew the whistle on his employer's alleged OHS and payroll breaches.

Cleaning contractor Sodexo has been unable to escape paying severance to some workers it transferred to a new employer, after the FWC found it failed to find them acceptable alternative work and criticised "misleading traps" that rendered "meaningless" its national HR manager's "guarantee" their entitlements would be protected.