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A sacked worker's adverse action claim has been dismissed, after a court found he unreasonably "shut down" all communication between himself and his employer while suffering a psychological illness, and failed to attend a medical assessment.

• Anti-bullying jurisdiction commences in Qld; and
  
• Dangerous goods amendments postponed in WA.

An employer has satisfied its reverse onus of proof in an adverse action case, with a court agreeing that it dismissed a worker for being unable to fulfil the inherent requirements of her role, and not because she planned to seek stop-bullying orders in the Fair Work Commission.

A company director and one of his employees were denied access to a building site for failing to provide a safe work method statement, and not because they refused to pay their union dues as claimed by the ABCC, the Federal Court has found.

New anti-bullying laws and other industrial relations reforms passed Queensland Parliament early this morning. The changes, according to one MP, are desperately needed to tackle the widespread "toxic" working environments within local government.

Proposed anti-bullying laws in Queensland are under threat, with a parliamentary committee failing to agree on whether to pass the State Government's 800-page industrial relations Bill. Meanwhile, another committee has recommended passing Australia's final mirror rail safety Bill.

An employer has been handed a $1.3 million compensation bill, just days after being fined for taking adverse action against an injured worker for exercising his workplace right to sue for damages.

A major employer that took adverse action against an injured worker, before demonstrating a "disturbing level of recalcitrance" in a string of proceedings on the matter, has been fined and ordered to compensate the worker.

The Federal Court has slammed a mine manager for his poor knowledge of safety laws and evasive evidence at trial, in finding the mine took adverse action against an injured worker in standing him down four days after he was awarded $637,000 in damages.

An employer that moved a worker from a full-time to part-time role after he claimed workers' compensation has been ordered to pay the man nearly $470,000 in lost wages and pecuniary penalties.