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Orica shotfirers win High Court fight over long service leave
The High Court has found that Orica shotfirers working at black coal mines are entitled to portable long service leave, overturning a Full Federal Court ruling that found they were not eligible under the coal industry scheme.
Multi-employer bargaining appeal by Peabody, Whitehaven dismissed
An appeals court has thrown out challenges by three mining giants to a Fair Work Commission decision that requires them to bargain together with a group of employees and their union.
Shine hit with indemnity costs for ‘serious dereliction of duty’ in personal injury case
A judge has ordered Shine Lawyers to pay indemnity costs in a side dispute over an “objectionable” subpoena the firm issued five days before trial was set to start in a personal injury case over alleged sexual abuse at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.
Judge was wrong to find breach worker didn’t allege, court hears
Heiko Constructions has won approval to appeal a ruling from Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta that found the company committed a breach of the Fair Work Act that was not pleaded by the former employee who brought the case.