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John Setka was back in court this week. The former Victorian head of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union appeared at Melbourne Magistrates Court facing charges of using a carriage service to menace, harass and offend. The alleged target? The very administrator appointed to clean up the union he once ran.
That detail alone tells you everything about ...
The Fair Work Commission handed down its Annual Wage Review decision this morning. Modern award wage rates rise 4.75% from 1 July 2026.
For context, the RBA is forecasting headline inflation of 4.8% for the year to June 2026. The Commission was clear it could not fully close the real wage gap in the current climate, so this increase is designed to keep award-reliant wo...
At 3:17pm on 27 August 2025, Leoni Seychelles joined a Zoom call with a conflict resolution specialist. She had taken weeks to build up the courage to do it, and she was finally there.
At 3:46pm, her employer sent her a termination letter.
The reason given? That she had refused to participate in mediation.
The Fair Work Commission was not impressed. Neith...
A lot of business owners assume that dismissing someone during probation is low-risk. And in many cases, it is. But probation does not switch off an employee’s general protections rights. If someone believes they were let go because they asked questions about their workplace rights, they can still make a claim, regardless of how long they had been in the role.
In a dec...
If you employ allied health professionals, this one is important. The Fair Work Commission has finalised a new pay and classification structure under the Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 (the HPSS Award), and it comes into effect on 1 October 2026.
This is not a minor tweak. It is the culmination of a years-long process finding that health professio...