Jetstar has successfully defended an injured worker's unfair dismissal claim, but a Commissioner found it "should have done better" during the dismissal process by, for example, providing all relevant information to the worker's medical assessor.
A Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions solicitor was unfairly sacked for "misconduct" after his bouts of depression affected his work performance, attendance and conduct, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
A law firm is urging employers to ensure their treatment of alleged bullies is "consistent throughout the workplace", after BHP Coal was fined $60,000 for taking adverse action against two union delegates.
A Victorian worker who claimed his employer took adverse action against him, in blocking his bid for promotion because of his stress injury, has had his case dismissed in the Federal Court.
Endeavour Energy's renewed push to replace oral swabbing with urine tests - as part of its drug and alcohol policy - has been rejected by the Fair Work Commission, despite a national association's recent decision to suspend accreditation of workplace saliva tests.
High Court rejects Australia Post's damages appeal; Comcare and FSC release annual reports; and RSRT follows up first order with plan to focus on supermarket chains.
Employers and hirers in the road transport sector will be required to prepare safety plans for long-distance heavy vehicle drivers that address such issues as fatigue, fauna and the weather, under the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal's first (and possibly last) order, released this afternoon.
A contractor who verbally and physically s-xually harassed his former manager has been ordered to pay her $476,000 in damages, after the Federal Court rejected his claim that the alleged incidents didn't occur in the workplace.
A worker who assaulted his supervisor has lost a long-running unfair dismissal case, even though a Fair Work Commission full bench found the employer failed to take any steps to eliminate the supervisor's bullying behaviour.
An operations manager who was sacked when he returned to work after the Christmas shutdown period - for breaching safety rules more than two months before - has had his unfair dismissal claim upheld.
