A worker was reasonably sacked for pushing a co-worker into a pool and fist-fighting his general manager while intoxicated at a work Christmas function, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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.
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 FIFO worker who was assaulted at a mining-camp tavern was injured in an interval in an overall period of work and is entitled to compensation, a Federal Court full bench has found in upholding his appeal.
Employers are being urged to "take the moral choice" of reducing job demands or at least increasing resources, after a national survey of school principals showed the "sheer quantity" of work is their greatest source of stress.
