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• Il vicepresidente della Fair Work Commission, Alan Colman, respinge il ricorso di un uomo del Victoria, avvertendo che non deve esserci alcun incentivo per rivendicazioni speculative. • Un ex dipendente di Woolworths è stato accusato di aver sprecato il tempo della Fair Work Commission avendo presentato un ricorso per licenziamento ingiustificato dopo essersi sentito "scosso" per essere stato invitato a coprire il solco del sedere. • In una decisione pubblicata giovedì, il vicepresidente della Fair Work Commission, Alan Colman, ha dichiarato di aver respinto la richiesta di risarcimento dell'uomo del Victoria, in parte perché il licenziamento non era mai avvenuto.

• L'ex amministratrice delegata del consiglio di Parramatta, Gail Connolly, e una ‘rete ristretta’ avrebbero promosso amici mentre prendevano di mira altri per ritorsioni. • Un'inchiesta anti-corruzione del New South Wales sta indagando se tre amici in posizioni di potere presso un consiglio dell'ovest di Sydney, che si definivano i “Pink Ops”, abbiano manipolato i processi di reclutamento e promozione per avvantaggiare amici. • La NSW Independent Commission against Corruption (Icac) ha tenuto lunedì la prima giornata di udienze pubbliche sulle accuse riguardanti l'ex amministratrice delegata del consiglio di Parramatta Gail Connolly, nonché le dipendenti del consiglio Roxanne Thornton e Angela Jones-Blayney e altro personale.

Fulton county is trying to fend off subpoena from federal prosecutor looking to get contacts of 2020 election workersFulton county, Georgia, is trying to fend off a subpoena from a federal prosecutor in North Carolina seeking contact information for thousands of poll workers from the 2020 election.The subpoena, issued in April by Dan Bishop, the interim US attorney of North Carolina’s middle district, demands the county provide rosters of election staff members who served in the November 2020 election, including their identification by name, position, residential and email address and personal telephone number. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon’s Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’Workers developing Google’s artificial intelligence products in the UK have voted to unionize, in part out of concerns about a deal between the company and the US military that was announced last week.In a letter slated to go to management on Tuesday and shared exclusively with the Guardian, workers at Google DeepMind, the company’s AI research laboratory, requested recognition of the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint representatives of the lab’s UK-based staff. Continue reading...

More than 7,000 join employment tribunal that will include claims for minimum wage and holiday pay More than 7,000 Just Eat couriers are taking legal action against the food delivery company in an attempt to gain better employment rights including the minimum wage and holiday pay.The employment tribunal, which begins on Tuesday and is set to run until 2 June, will determine if the couriers are classed as workers, a status that comes with improved rights, or self-employed independent contractors. Continue reading...

Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levelsCEO pay increased 20 times faster than worker pay around the world in 2025, according to a new analysis from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation, the world’s largest trade union federation.When adjusted for inflation, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025, the equivalent of 108 days of free work during that time period. In comparison, CEO compensation increased by 54% between 2019 and 2025. Continue reading...