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A financial analyst who claimed she was required to work 16 hours per weekday, and up to eight hours every weekend, has failed to prove her employer breached the reasonable hours provisions of the Fair Work Act.

An actor suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, from a particularly traumatic event that occurred while she was working with children in a hospital, has been blocked from bringing a general protections claim - involving alleged first-aid failings - because she had an anti-discrimination claim on foot at the same time.

A large employer has been ordered to reinstate an injured worker who it sacked for allegedly failing to comply with a lawful instruction to attend an independent medical examination (IME) through his alleged "aggressive behaviour" at the appointment.

Employees don't have a workplace right to "subjectively decide what is and is not a safe and appropriate workplace practice", a Federal judge has affirmed in dismissing a worker's adverse action claim.

A union and two of its officials have failed to overturn a ruling that they unlawfully obstructed work on a major project. They claimed the finding was erroneous because their conduct involved ensuring a PCBU was complying with its WHS duties.

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 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 major employer has been fined $70,000 for serious contraventions of its consultation obligations, with the Federal Court finding it pursued a "commercial benefit" ahead of the safety of its workers and others affected by its undertaking.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered an organisation's members to undergo anti-bullying training, to impress upon them what bullying is and its consequences for workers.

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