An employer has been ordered to withdraw a letter reprimanding a worker for returning to work 15 minutes late after he attended a telephone conference with the Fair Work Commission about his stop-bullying application.
Employers must clearly set out the circumstances in which OHS procedures apply, a Fair Work Commission full bench has stressed in upholding an appeal from a worker who was sacked after an attempted robbery. Meanwhile, a second entity has been fined over a worker's five-metre fall through a skylight.
A major employer has been ordered to pay a worker $47,676 for dismissing him for failing to evacuate after an explosion, with a commission finding the evacuation procedures were neither clearly understood nor consistently applied.
An employer unfairly sacked an injured worker for breaching his return-to-work obligations by playing golf during annual leave, a commission has ruled. Meanwhile, a casino security guard has been denied reinstatement after a brawl with a patron.
A worker who was sacked while he was on sick leave for failing to attend a meeting he wasn't aware of has been awarded $25,000, after a commission found his employer deliberately avoided communicating with his representative.
A union organiser penalised for his role in first-aid-related industrial action has been ordered to undergo training on the "interaction" between OHS and industrial laws, and when it is lawful to stop work for OHS reasons, before being granted a right of entry permit.
A worker has been granted permission to pursue her unfair dismissal claim 164 days late because of three factors, including her poor mental health and anti-bullying application.
The CFMEU engaged in adverse action, and attempted to negate John Holland's workplace right to enforce its "Two Longs" safety policy, by encouraging members to wear shorts to work, a court has found.
A commission has rejected a worker's claim that he was unfairly dismissed after he experienced a micro sleep and crashed a vehicle, before leaving the scene of the accident.
A commission has upheld the sacking of a worker who failed to comply with his employer's directions not to take photographs of alleged safety hazards in the workplace.
