An occupational health and safety officer was sacked for pressuring colleagues to support her harassment complaint, and not for making the complaint, a court has found in rejecting her adverse action claim.
A union and organiser have been slapped with high-range fines for encouraging workers to defy a major employer's safety policy by wearing shorts and short-sleeved shirts.
A court has thrown out a morbidly obese worker's claim that his employer took adverse action against him by deliberately offering him roles he couldn't physically perform, before sacking him.
A Gorgon LNG project worker has lost his compensation and reinstatement bid, after a court found his complaints about bullying and racism played no part in his employer's decision to make him redundant.
Woolworths Ltd has an arguable case against a recent finding that a worker's ignorance of the stop-bullying jurisdiction justified her very late unfair dismissal claim, a commission has found. Meanwhile, a court has found an employer took adverse action against a pregnant worker by making her redundant two days before she went on maternity leave.
The CFMEU engaged in adverse action, and attempted to negate John Holland's workplace right to enforce its "Two Longs" safety policy, by encouraging members to wear shorts to work, a court has found.
An employer took adverse action against a pregnant probationary employee in sacking her for "performance" reasons after she took several days off to manage her morning sickness, a court ruled.
A worker who swore at his supervisors and intimidated other staff while attempting to make a workplace complaint has failed to convince a court that his subsequent dismissal constituted adverse action.
The Federal Court has rejected the Australian Building and Construction Commission's claim that CFMEU officials blocked a construction site for three days over "sham" safety concerns.
