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Full Federal Court upholds coal mining redundancy changes

Unions have lost a bid to claw back redundancy benefits for veteran coal miners after a full Federal Court today refused to quash an FWC decision to cap retrenchment payouts in the industry award at 15 years of service, or 30 weeks pay.

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