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In a case examining the meaning of "worker" under WHS laws, the Fair Work Commission has found the "benefits" a woman received as a volunteer didn't make her eligible to seek stop-bullying orders.
A worker who believed his employer didn't take its safety obligations seriously was lawfully sacked for abusing his supervisor after he hurt his back, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer was entitled to sack rather than warn a worker for failing a drug test because he knowingly attended work while unfit, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A major employer has failed to overturn a finding that an injured worker's health assessment should only apply to his current restricted role. In another case, a commissioner has found a worker was unfairly sacked after threatening to "go postal".
A Fair Work Commissioner has expressed astonishment at an employer's lack of courtesy in telling an injured worker it needed to meet with her to discuss her return-to-work program, before sacking her without notice just hours after the meeting.
The CFMEU has been denied special leave to appeal to the High Court against a decision in favour of an employer that changed a worker's roster after he took sick leave.
Victoria Police can start overcoming its notorious s-xist organisational culture, which includes cases of rape, by publicly acknowledging harm to employees and establishing a "redress scheme", according to an independent review of the organisation.
A tribunal was wrong to find a worker's psychological injury was caused by a reasonable decision not to promote her, a Federal Court full bench has found in upholding the worker's appeal.
