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The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of a WHS advisor who made a joke about rape during a safety investigation.

A worker was reasonably sacked for pushing a co-worker into a pool and fist-fighting his general manager while intoxicated at a work Christmas function, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A Qantas worker who breached safety rules three times in three weeks was not unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found, accepting the employer's claim that, far from making his dismissal harsh, the worker's years of experience made his breaches more serious.

In a case examining the meaning of "worker" under WHS laws, the Fair Work Commission has found the "benefits" a woman received as a volunteer didn't make her eligible to seek stop-bullying orders.

A worker who believed his employer didn't take its safety obligations seriously was lawfully sacked for abusing his supervisor after he hurt his back, the Fair Work Commission has found.

• Essendon bans highlight OHS duties of clubs and players;
  
• Ruling on workers' comp accruals applies to Tasmania; and
  
• Safety management rules extended to all Tasmanian mines.

A company has been fined $515,000 for telling employers they were required by OHS laws to buy its safety wall charts and first-aid kits, while its three executives have been ordered to pay $165,000 in penalties.

The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has issued a remuneration order affecting supermarket chains and other employers, and noted it has received no evidence disputing the link between low driver pay and poor safety outcomes.

An employer was entitled to sack rather than warn a worker for failing a drug test because he knowingly attended work while unfit, the Fair Work Commission has found.

• Upstream duty holder fined in safety first;
  
• Light work vehicle nearly drives into void; and
  
• Man fined $115k for obstructing safety investigation.