The FWC has recently delivered a ruling involving an analysis of an employee v independent contractor relationship post the High Court’s landmark decisions of Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v Personnel Contracting Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 1 (Personnel Contracting) and ZG Operations Australia Pty Ltd v Jamsek [2022] HCA 2 (Jamsek) in this area last year.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is presently considering referring the head of human resources for hospitality giant Mantle Group to the police after finding that he purposefully lied about a pay deal that deprived hundreds of workers of their penalty rates.