An independent work environment leader was supposed to step down immediately after pursuing other opportunities at a resources multinational. Kate du Preez should have resigned straight after...
Tag - Unfair dismissal
A resources executive was dismissed for alleged poor conduct. Rio Tinto recently terminated Ivan Vella’s employment from the mining giant. An internal investigation caught the executive...
A major fossil fuel operation refused to stop work even after running out of time. Merthyr South Wales recently resisted demands for it to stop production at its Ffos-y-Fran coal mine, 42km north of...
A body representing hundreds of proponents urged resources employees to come forward. The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) wants every mistreated mine worker to prove they were penalised for...
Authorities terminated an informant who accused some resources approvals of being unlawful. Rebecca Connor was dismissed from her mining titles operations manager job, after complaining about the New...
Resources employees went public about poor work conditions at multiple Central Queensland mining operations. Female workers from three undisclosed mine sites recently claimed they were urinated on...
A remote employee repeatedly had an unlawful relationship with a coworker, a judge found. The District Court of Western Australia recently convicted Jonathan David Small of raping a female colleague...
A former employee accused a colleague of endangering her life with a blade at a major mining operation. Anneka Truter claims a coworker raped her at knifepoint at CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino...
A recently departed resources executive is suing his former workplace for substandard employment conditions. Paul Scanlan claims Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) management bullied, harassed and wrongly...
Workplace policies to contain a highly contagious disease are widely expected to result in many departures from a multinational resources producer. BHP might have to fill up to 700 positions that...