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Rail worker sacked after drinking Johnnie Walker gets job back

The FWC has reinstated a Queensland rail worker sacked for breaching the organisation's zero alcohol policy when he blew 0.025 in a random workplace alcohol breath test, finding the dismissal harsh because of his unblemished 39-year tenure, his age and limited education.


ILO role on offer after Owens steps down

The ILO is seeking expressions of interest for an Oceania-based legal expert to join its Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, following Australian labour law academic Rosemary Owens' departure after 13 years in the role.

BHP's education assistance excluded from engineer's earnings: FWC

BHP Minerals has failed to establish that almost $20,000 in education assistance it paid to a mining engineer pushed him above the high income threshold for unfair dismissal protection, after it chose not to exercise its right to recoup the payments.

Employer should have been told about Autism diagnosis: Court

A judge has dismissed a worker's claims of disability discrimination and adverse action and upheld his sacking for aggressive workplace behaviour, finding that he should have told his employer upfront of his mental health issues and his autism diagnosis.


Worker injured on-call wins compensation

A full Tasmanian Supreme Court has found a man injured while walking his dog had an entitlement to workers compensation because he was on-call at the time, at a location required by his employer.

January deadline for PPL legislation submissions

Submissions close next month for a Senate inquiry into the Albanese Government's first tranche of changes to federally-funded paid parental leave, which expands access for partners and higher income earners while enabling parents to spread it out in multiple blocks as small as a day at a time.

FWC trashes waste giant's "callous" sacking

The FWC has ordered a worker's reinstatement and criticised his employer for its "severely flawed" dismissal process after it used a traffic violation as a "golden opportunity" to dismiss him for riling management by engaging in "covert" and "unlawful" industrial action.

Report finds mining companies failing to report harassment

Unions have welcomed recommendations in a government-commissioned review of safety regulations addressing s-xual assault and harassment in WA's mining industry, but have expressed dismay at evidence that employers are deliberately failing to report incidents to regulators.