Unfair work COVID rule resulted in unfair dismissal
An employer imposed "unattainable" medical-clearance requirements on a worker with symptoms of COVID-19, a commission has found in awarding her four months' remuneration.
An employer imposed "unattainable" medical-clearance requirements on a worker with symptoms of COVID-19, a commission has found in awarding her four months' remuneration.
A McDonald's franchisee has been fined $82,000 for the conduct of its managers, who made "sinister" and cruel threats to young workers relating to their WHS right to water and toilet breaks, and the right to take sick leave.
A lawyer exhibited obvious signs of distress from performing three roles and working excessive hours for the Coroners Court of Victoria, yet her managers decided her declining health was unrelated to work, and provided her with little support in her role or while she was on sick leave, an inquiry into her death has found.
An employer's "aggressive" reaction to a worker's public Facebook post, in which he claimed he came into contact with a COVID-19 case at work, was justified and not bullying, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A major government employer's attempt to return an injured worker to full duties was an "abject failure" that caused the man to suffer mental injuries, a tribunal has found. It found the employer misapplied an independent medical examination report in its "unyielding" efforts to deny the man sick leave.
In a case examining the discretionary powers of a relatively new anti-bullying jurisdiction, an employer has failed to block a worker's stop-bullying claim by contending he was medically incapable of returning to work under his supervisor, the alleged bully.
Australian researchers have called for the long-term use of rigorous occupational hygiene measures and working-from-arrangements to reduce the risk of a resurgence of COVID-19, while paid pandemic leave schemes have been introduced in two more states, providing a financial incentive not to attend work while infectious.
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