The MEU is funding a class action against BHP for requiring on-hire production and maintenance crew to work public holidays, allegedly without making a reasonable request or telling them they could reasonably refuse, while the mining giant is challenging the legal principle at the heart of the case.
A worker punching his colleague after their workplace Christmas party warranted his summary dismissal despite it occurring out of hours, the FWC has ruled.
A judge has made a $350,000 costs order against the former vice chair of an energy company that offered her a $300,000 settlement before discovering, post-sacking, that she had transferred confidential information to her personal computer and a USB device.
A High Court majority has overturned a finding that limited shotfiring and explosive services workers' eligibility for long service leave contributions.
A self-represented "drive in/drive out" adult entertainer has become the first to successfully test the FWC's new unfair contract powers, knocking out a term requiring her to forfeit all wages and commissions when she left an 1830-kilometre pub circuit due to safety concerns.
The FWC has declined to reinstate a wharfie jailed for stalking radio star Jackie 'O' Henderson, instead awarding him $50,000 compensation after noting that his criminal record posed a significant hurdle to regaining the government security card necessary to work on the docks.
The FWC has taken aim at an employer's "lacking" response to workload concerns, in a decision ordering it to reinstate an aged care coordinator it "bombarded with criticism" and accused of putting clients at risk.
In a significant decision on the Fair Work Act's geographical reach, FWC president Adam Hatcher has questioned whether workers need to be both employed by an Australian company and perform work in the country before enjoying the legislation's protections.
