Unions have today sought authorisation to strike at BHP's iron ore export operations at Port Hedland, after claiming to have been "stonewalled" during bargaining for new deals.
An employee pressing to solely work from home did not abandon or repudiate her employment by moving interstate against the employer's express wishes, the FWC has found.
The FWC has rejected the dismissal claim of a "combative" risk manager who accused a Rio Tinto-linked First Nations trust of forcing her to resign by subjecting her to psychological hazards, pressuring staff to work on "invasion day", and flouting her right to disconnect.
The FWC should only dismiss an anti-bullying application at a preliminary stage if the absence of a future risk is clear, a FWC full bench has found in upholding the appeal of a worker on extended sick leave.
The FWC has extended time for a worker to contest her dismissal, finding it warranted due to her mistaken attempt to dispute it in another tribunal, combined with the strong merits of her claim.
A judge has rejected a former employee's $2 million-plus compensation claim after finding her unlawful sacking was not "the cause or even a material contributing cause" of an alleged psychological injury and that she would have lost her job anyway within months.
A proposed new deal for BHP iron ore mineworkers in Western Australia has split union opinion, the AWU and MEU describing it as a "significant improvement" on the resources titan's previous offer, but the ETU calling it "an insult to the workforce".
A former FWO chief counsel-turned judge has taken an axe to the workplace regulator's belief in penalties as a general deterrent, expressing astonishment at its "staggering" pursuit of a $21,000 fine against an employer who quickly coughed up a $976 underpayment once a junior worker provided proof of their age.
An alleged whistleblower's explosive allegations against franchising business Jim's Group may be headed for hearing, after a court gave him an extension of time and let him file an amended claim.
A tribunal member has declined to recuse himself from a harassment case, rejecting claims that what he "may know" about what was possibly agreed in a conciliation conference could affect his impartiality.
