In a case that could, according to one law firm, have ramifications for feisty boardrooms, a commission has found that company directors are "workers" protected by anti-bullying laws.
A Fair Work Commission full bench majority has rejected an employer's challenge of a decision ordering it to return an injured worker to his previous role, after confirming he was able to perform the inherent requirements of the position.
A major employer should have done more to ensure workers knew about changes to its loading and unloading procedures, the Fair Work Commission has found, in ordering the reinstatement of a worker who was sacked for injuring a colleague.
A report touching on an alleged workplace bully's conduct in a previous job is inadmissible in a current anti-bullying case, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The CFMEU and seven officials have been fined $277,000 for unlawful industrial action at the new Perth Children's Hospital project, but the union has slammed the ABCC for targeting it over a "peaceful protest" when the project was plagued by safety issues.
A supervisor was unfairly dismissed for failing to personally report a safety incident involving an unqualified employee and an overhead crane, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, after finding his employer's policies were unclear on exactly how and when incidents should be reported.
An employer that relied solely on a health and safety representative's forklift breach - and not on his previous safety-related warnings - as a valid reason to dismiss him, has been ordered to pay him more than $18,000 in compensation.
A worker sacked for road rage has been awarded $15,000, after a commission found his complaint about being underpaid contributed to the decision to dismiss him.
A project manager has been fined for refusing to allow a union official to consult a worker on an alleged WHS breach relating to the use of a single dogman for multi-storey crane work.
In another case involving an employer's response to a worker's return-to-work requests, the Fair Work Commission has found an injured worker wasn't forced to resign when her employer ignored her demand for a meeting.
