The following employment law cases have been reported:
Termination of employment: mine workers required to relocate from NSW to Queensland were not dismissed
Seventeen mine workers were not dismissed when they refused their employer’s direction to relocate pursuant to their contracts of employment.
Ambrose & Ors v OS MCAP Pty Ltd (2022) 74 AILR ¶103-547; [2022] FWC 1481, 10 June 2022.
Termination of employment: choice not to be vaccinated against COVID-19 rendered employee unable to perform inherent requirements
A dental nurse who chose not to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was not unfairly dismissed, it was simply a case where the employee “does not like the consequences that flowed from the voluntary choice that she made”.
Jamieson v Monash Health (2022) 74 AILR ¶103-546; [2022] FWC 1331, 6 June 2022.
Annual wage review: 5.2% increase to national minimum wage
An Expert Panel of the Fair Work Commission raised the national minimum wage for award/agreement-free employees by 5.2% in the annual wage review. The national minimum wage was increased to $812.60 per week or $21.38 per hour.
Annual Wage Review 2021–22 (2022) 74 AILR ¶103-545; [2022] FWCFB 3500, 15 June 2022.
Termination of employment: Uber driver not an employee
In finding that an Uber driver was not an employee capable of making an unfair dismissal application, the Fair Work Commission observed that aspects of the relevant services agreement could operate unfairly, and that any policy response remained a...
Delhi Police has rejected allegations that Congress leader Deepender Hooda or any other politician has been placed under house arrest, describing the reports as misleading and baseless. The police...