A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld the dismissal of a worker accused of smoking synthetic cannabis "at or near" his workplace, after he crashed into two residential properties while driving home after night shift.
The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an employer's long-running bid to revoke a safety improvement notice, after a regulator agreed not to publicise the issue.
An employer "properly" relied on an occupational therapist's assessment of a worker, who sustained serious injuries in a skydiving incident, when it dismissed him for being unable to safely perform his role, a Fair Work Commission full bench has found in the latest of a series of decisions on the matter.
A major employer has resolved an anti-bullying application to the Fair Work Commission by complying with a simple recommendation to remove two alleged bullies from a disciplinary process involving the applicant.
The High Court has rejected an injured worker's appeal against a decision quashing his $1.5 million damages award, while an appeal court has rejected another man's claim that he sustained a work-related injury three days after receiving a termination payment.
A school principal bullied an OHS representative by assigning a business manager, who the rep had a poor relationship with, to take part in her annual review, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The Maritime Union of Australia used safety as a pretext to carry out unlawful industrial action during its campaign against Chevron's use of foreign crew, the Federal Court has found.
The first entities charged with reckless conduct under the South Australian WHS Act have failed to restrain the Royal Queensland Show from refusing to accept their inspection certificates for rides.
Two workers who persistently humiliated a colleague in front of others "contributed to the creation [of] an unsafe workplace" and were rightly sacked, the Fair Work Commission has found.
