In the latest of a long list of anti-vax disputes determined by Australian tribunals, a worker has unsuccessfully claimed that she delayed complying with a COVID-19 vaccination direction because she was concerned, as a lactating mother, for the health and safety of herself and her baby.
A police officer who was forced to medically retire has lost his unfair dismissal application, with a commission finding his case focused on various grievances instead of his actual fitness for work.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld the dismissal of a worker who contended he should not have been sacked for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 because of his recent heart attack and leave status.
A Bill banning insurance against WHS penalties in the Commonwealth jurisdiction, and "lowering the bar" for safety convictions, has passed both houses of Parliament without amendment, despite one colourful senator describing it as "sneaky" and "dangerous" legislation, and others calling for provisions blocking vaccine mandates.
A commissioner has upheld the sacking of a supervisor who failed to investigate reports that a subordinate was breaching conduct and safety policies by regularly s-xually harassing co-workers by rubbing his genitals at work.
A Melbourne business and its directors have been fined, and a worker compensated, after the worker claimed he was subjected "to unreasonable health and safety risks because of his race" and unfairly sacked.
A supervisor's plan to maximise employees' sleep and prevent fatigue would have reduced the amount of sleep one worker could get, a commission has found in finding the worker was unfairly sacked for defying the supervisor's instructions.
A union's proposed orders for an employer to put a medically retired worker on a recovery plan was not viable because it contained no mechanisms for reviewing his work capacity and "would operate in seeming perpetuity", a commission has found.
A worker with anger management issues breached his safety obligations when he threatened to cut a co-worker's throat, but a number of factors meant the employment relationship remained viable, a commission has found.
A Sydney Trains health and safety representative, who claimed he was exercising his WHS rights when he detained a customer during a COVID-19 lockdown, has failed to overturn his dismissal.
