A psychologically injured worker has been awarded $1.73 million in damages, after a court rejected evidence from his former employer about events at a hotel during a work trip, which led to his dismissal.
A supervisor's conduct in allowing a crew to drink alcohol at a lunch was "much worse" than that of the team members who drank, a commission has found in upholding his summary dismissal.
The dismissal of a worker who wasn't fully vaccinated against COVID-19, because he suffered a severe reaction to his first dose, was valid and backed by safety considerations, but ultimately unfair, a commission has found in awarding him compensation.
A supervisor with key safety responsibilities has unsuccessfully relied on his extensive experience, in issuing and removing hundreds of safety documents, to overturn his sacking for lifting a job safety analysis and directing a worker to enter a hazardous area.
An employer that medically retired an injured worker was not obligated to offer her a part-time role or create a new job for her, a commission full bench has ruled in a case involving overlapping injury laws.
A worker has won her claim that a BHP company took unlawful adverse action against her for refusing to work in a poorly lit area, and that the company's workplace safety procedures are "instruments" under industrial laws.
In an unusual case, a court has ordered a $75,600 penalty, levied against a company for breaching workplace laws, to be paid to a worker suffering silicosis, because without his efforts in bringing the case the employer likely would have escaped sanction.
A worker who breached national safety standards by not disclosing to his employer that he'd suffered a stroke, was guilty of serious misconduct, a commission has found.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled that a major university was entitled to require one of its teachers to undergo an independent medical examination, after he took extended sick leave and told senior management, "When I go to class I am going to war. The students are waiting to kill me."
A worker's failure to disclose his pre-existing anxiety and medical conditions prevented his employer from adequately planning for his workplace safety and the safety of his co-workers, a commission has ruled.
