Browsing: Queensland (195 items)


Suspension after assault charges warranted

A tribunal has upheld the suspension without pay of a nurse accused of s-xually assaulting a co-worker in their shared employer-provided accommodation, despite his claims it would be unfair when the allegations are "utterly untested".



Union body raises building code overreach with Rishworth

Queensland's peak union body has accused the Crisafulli Government of "blind ideology" over a proposed building and construction code it claims impinges on Federal laws and regulates workplace relations through procurement, calling on Canberra to intervene.


Regulation change allows parallel state, federal NDA laws

Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has made revised regulations to enable state and territory laws dealing with workplace s-xual harassment-related non-disclosure agreements to operate alongside the Fair Work Act, ahead of its response to the AHRC's Speaking from Experience report and a legislative review.




Tribunal delivers knockout blow to punching allegation

The Queensland IRC has overturned a finding against an employee accused of punching a colleague multiple times, excoriating Queensland Health for "perplexing" and "inexplicable" delays in its investigation and for reaching a decision that "confounds logic".



First industrial manslaughter finding against miner

A jury has found a subsidiary of ASX-listed Mastermyne Group guilty of industrial manslaughter over the death of a mineworker at a Bowen Basin coal mine, in the first successful prosecution since the Queensland Government extended the laws to resources workplaces in 2020.


Queensland to review IR, compensation legislation

Queensland's Crisafulli Government has launched a review of the State's IR and workers' compensation legislation, focusing on "restoring productivity to Queensland worksites", the near-doubling of psychological claims in the last five years and public sector bargaining.


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