The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of a worker who broke a "must do" rule - in failing to look out for or maintain radio contact with other vehicles - before reversing his dozer into the path of a 500-tonne haul truck.
John Holland Pty Ltd has been fined $170,000 over a fatality on the notorious Brisbane Airport Link project, in Comcare's last prosecution under pre-harmonisation OHS laws with low maximum penalties.
A worker who left a 1.4-tonne load attached to a crane for two days deserved to be dismissed because he consciously parked the crane in an unsafe position and had recently undergone refresher training on the correct procedure, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Right-of-entry fines imposed on two union officials - including one who pretended his name was Steve Irwin - have been quashed by a Federal Court full bench, which found the men didn't seek entry to the relevant site under the WHS or Fair Work Acts.
The Federal Court has slammed a mine manager for his poor knowledge of safety laws and evasive evidence at trial, in finding the mine took adverse action against an injured worker in standing him down four days after he was awarded $637,000 in damages.
A CFMEU official who removed safety bunting and entered a construction-site exclusion zone during a cricket match at the Adelaide Oval is one of 15 officials who, along with the union, were fined nearly $940,000 in the Federal Court on Friday.
A worker who was summarily dismissed for allowing a friend to bring a gun into the workplace, and was supported by NSW Senator David Leyonhjelm at his show-cause meeting, has been denied reinstatement.
The 2016 Safe Rates remuneration order has taken effect, with the Federal Court overturning a stay order yesterday afternoon, while the National Road Transport Association says it has been "priced out" of its battle against the order.
