Employee allegedly dismissed after wanting paid sick leave
29 August, 2012A Perth panel beating business is being prosecuted for allegedly dismissing a long-term employee to prevent him from taking sick leave after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Melbourne company allegedly underpaid workers more than $300K
22 August, 2012The Fair Work Ombudsman is prosecuting Quality Food World, a Melbourne food wholesaler, for allegedly underpaying 46 employees - including many foreign workers - more than $300,000.
Fair Work Australia rules against urine testing
21 August, 2012 by Alice RichardAfter initially rejecting Endeavour Energy’s application to implement a mandatory, urine-based, on-site drug testing regime for its employees, the Fair Work Australia Full Bench has once again decided against the company, rejecting its appeal and arguing that urine testing is invasive and unnecessary.
Goodman Fielder fined $90,000 after worker’s arm crushed in machine
21 August, 2012Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods has been convicted and fined $90,000 over an incident at its Pampas factory in West Footscray which left a worker with serious and permanent injuries to his arm after it was crushed in a machine.
Qantas fined for breaking workplace laws
20 August, 2012The Federal Magistrates Court has fined Qantas and one of its managers a total of $15,400 for unlawfully coercing an engineer who complained about staff conditions.
Court action over alleged $28,000 underpayment of retail workers
17 August, 2012The Fair Work Ombudsman is prosecuting retail company Lycamobile, alleging it underpaid 13 employees in Adelaide and Brisbane, including many foreign workers, more than $28,000 between February and September 2011.
DFEEST fined after student injured at TAFE campus
15 August, 2012The Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology has been fined $120,000 by the Industrial Relations Court after a student was injured in a fall at a TAFE SA campus.
Employee allegedly sacked for taking leave to be with dying mother
07 August, 2012A retail caravan business dismissed an employee because he took leave to care for his dying mother, the Fair Work Ombudsman alleges.
Catering company breaches discrimination laws
03 August, 2012Victoria-based catering company Holtham Family, trading as The Soup Box, discriminated against a female employee because of her pregnancy, the Fair Work Ombudsman has found.
Company fined $200,000 after workplace fatality
31 July, 2012Kakos Trolley Services, a trolley collection company, has been convicted and fined $200,000 after the death of an elderly man who was run over by a reversing vehicle at a shopping centre loading dock.
When it comes to dismissal, let the punishment fit the crime, says NZ professor
26 July, 2012New Zealand’s employment legislation still needs work in the areas of remedies and punishments involving dismissal law, according to an expert in employment and industrial relations.
Workers compensation fraud lands osteopath in court
11 July, 2012An osteopath has been convicted and fined $16,000 after pleading guilty to fraudulently obtaining payments from WorkSafe.
Concrete company fined $80,000 after man almost dies
09 July, 2012Tegra Australia, a concrete manufacturing business that provides premix concrete and materials to construction sites throughout NSW, has been fined $80,000 and ordered to pay WorkCover’s legal costs after a 29-year-old man almost died when he inhaled toxic fumes.
Security company faces court for allegedly underpaying workers $21,000
06 July, 2012The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched a prosecution against a security company, alleging it underpaid 19 employees more than $21,000.
John Holland and Thiess admit to OHS failings, will fund major safety research investment
06 July, 2012Two of Australia’s largest construction companies, John Holland and Thiess, have entered into a $225,000 enforceable undertaking after two concrete sound barrier panels, each weighing 11.3 tonnes, fell from a contractor’s truck near the Eastlink tollway project in Ringwood, Melbourne, in October 2006.
