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An injured leading hand who was sacked after performing selected duties for more than a decade has failed in his bid for reinstatement, after the NSW IRC found it would be unreasonable to require his employer to "manufacture a job" to accommodate him.

Exasperated employers must refrain from reprimanding underperforming employees for taking too much sick leave or from sacking them while they're away, lawyers warn.

PCBUs must consult with on-hire agencies on PPE and risks; and High Court blocks appeal against Workers Comp Act reinstatement ruling.

A Queensland concreting employer has successfully argued that it sacked a team leader - who earned $1.50 an hour more than other employees - for "sound financial reasons", and not because of his back injury.

A workplace armed-robbery victim with post-traumatic stress disorder has told Fair Work Australia she felt harassed and victimised by her employer, who complained of having to "babysit" her.

An unfair dismissal case, involving a worker sacked for theft, has uncovered deficiencies in a South Australian employer's forklift-licence regime that left it unable to prove an OHS breach was serious misconduct.

Fair Work Australia has upheld the summary dismissal of a Bunnings employee who allegedly threatened to shoot a customer services manager and was arrested by police at work.

Drunk and violent safety manager fails to overturn dismissal; and Regulators issue alerts after explosion deaths and other incidents.

Fair Work Australia has dismissed an engineer's beard-related unfair dismissal claim after it found it was not unusual or unlawful to require employees to modify their appearance for OHS reasons. Also in this article, a Victorian worker who injured his back eight years ago has been granted leave to seek damages for a mental disorder.

Employer without strict alcohol policy loses dismissal case; and Quad bike training package to tackle high death toll.