From today, some casual mining workers will be able to ask their employers for permanent positions if they have worked in that job for 12 months. The ruling by the Fair Work Commission allows casuals...
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AN Adelaide man has been left in a prickly situation, after losing a battle with BHP Billiton for unfair dismissal when he was shaved from the company for having a beard at work. The Fair Work...
Disciplinary action against the driver of a water truck who inadvertently caused an accident at BHP’s Peak Downs mine has been deemed appropriate by the Fair Work Commission. The worker, Mr Julio...
The Fair Work Commission is asking the public for suggestions on what kind of information they would like to be made available on a new online data analysis platform. Data from the Australian...
The Fair Work commission rejects an appeal for a Moolarben mine worker following serious safety breaches on a mining shovel. Andrew Maunder was dismissed on 22 March 2014 from the NSW coal mine for...
A mine worker who tested positive to methylamphetamine during a routine mine site drug test has told the Fair Work Commission that she believes her drink was spiked during a hotel drinking binge...
A mine worker who was caught smoking underground, sleeping underground, and was repeatedly late for shift has (unsurprisingly) lost his unfair dismissal claim with the Fair Work Commission. Despite...
After already having his unfair dismissal case rejected by the Fair Work Commission, a former BHP mine worker is now taking his gripe to the federal court. Darrin James Grant, a Peak Downs coal mine...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has said a decision made earlier this year, to limit the use of urine testing for drugs and alcohol in the workplace, was a “significant error”. On Friday...
Comments from a senior member of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) that Australia’s workplace laws are complex and too often require specialist legal advice, show the system must be simplified...
