Multiple leaders were harshly, unjustly or unreasonably fired from a resources infrastructure company, a watchdog found. The Fair Work Commission recently ruled six shift managers were unfairly...
Tag - industrial action
A national contractor might prevent employees from performing duties if they are not dressed for work. Hanson could lock out heavy vehicle operators who refuse to wear their uniform for up to six...
Legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman has resulted in the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) being penalised in Court for organising unlawful industrial action at...
The CFMEU and its officials have been hit with record fines of $2.4 million over an unlawful blockade.
German Creek miners are concerned Anglo American will employ armed security guards to intimidate workers striking at the Middlemount mine, according to the CMFEU. The union wrote to Anglo American’s...
Anglo American has escalated the situation at their German Creek mine, near Middlemount, by advertising for a new workforce while existing employees strike. The mining giant has engaged labour hire...
An alleged strike conducted on Darwin’s Inpex gas project in 2013 could see workers hit with fines of up to $10,000 for participating in unlawful industrial action. The Construction Forestry...
The High Court has today upheld BHP’s sacking of an Saraji mine employee for waving a sign accusing other employees of being ‘scabs’. Stephen Jauncey, a Partner at Henry Davis York...
Striking workers at the QCLNG plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone, who are not protected by industrial action laws, have been ordered back to work by the Fair Work Commission. The Commission made...
Changes to the Fair Work system will take place this week that will allow third parties impacted by strike action to apply to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to suspend or terminate that action Steve...
