Two mineworkers sacked for breaching "lifesaving" rules at a mine owned and operated by BHP Coal have been reinstated after the Fair Work Commission found their dismissals disproportionate and inconsistent.
Almost half of federally registered enterprise agreements contain general commitments to improve productivity and a high proportion identify specific productivity measures, but their effectiveness is difficult to measure, according to a new FWC report.
A Federal Court full bench has reversed the reinstatement of a government solicitor who had been found to have suffered adverse action when dismissed while suffering depression.
BHP Coal must reimburse the lost wages of a worker it stood down for 21 days without pay, after the FWC found it unduly harsh to combine a financial punishment with a final warning, despite his involvement in a safety incident with the potential to cause "loss of life".
A shipping company breached an officer's contract of employment and failed to follow its discrimination policy when it conducted a flawed investigation into alleged bullying by her captain, a full Federal Court has ruled.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has given an undertaking to the TWU that it won't make any forced redundancies within the union's coverage after it establishes a new holding company for international operations.
In a ruling on the reach of the anti-bullying regime, a five-member FWC bench has held that "at work" means performing work or engaging in employer-authorised activities, rejecting a much broader definition sought by a group of DP World employees.
Unfair dismissal applications lodged via telephone are valid even if they don't provide the grounds for the claim and the remedy being sought, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has strongly criticised the CFMEU for arguing that a mining truck driver who tested positive for methylamphetamine when she arrived at work was unfairly dismissed because there was no evidence she was unfit for duty.
