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DRA Global can’t suppress ‘scandalous’ details from ex-CEO’s $9M lawsuit
Andrew Pollock 2023-05-22 5:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

DRA Global has failed to keep under wraps passages from its former CEO’s lawsuit which the engineering firm argued would cause “serious reputational and commercial harm” if published.

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Corrs Chambers avoids costs in Hitler parody video case
Christopher Tran 2021-08-12 5:03 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A BP worker who was awarded $201,000 after he was unlawfully dismissed for sharing a Hitler parody video has lost his bid for $51,000 in costs from his employer and law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth.

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Thiess loses appeal in unpaid wages class action
Appeals 2020-11-17 12:42 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Mining services company Thiess has lost its challenge to a class action ruling which found the company had underpaid workers for time spent on the bus travelling home from a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.

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BP worker fired over Hitler parody video wins $201,000 in compensation
Christopher Tran 2020-08-11 6:13 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

A BP worker whose employment was reinstated after he was unfairly dismissed for sharing a video clip that included subtitles placed over a scene from the movie ‘Downfall’ about Adolf Hitler, has been awarded $201,000 in lost wages and superannuation.

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BP loses appeal of Hitler parody video ruling
Christopher Tran 2020-05-22 6:43 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

The Full Federal Court has dismissed BP’s appeal of a ruling by the Fair Work Commission that reinstated a worker who was fired for sharing a video clip that included subtitles placed over a scene from the movie ‘Downfall’ about Adolf Hitler.

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BP appeals ruling reinstating worker fired over Hitler parody video
Appeals 2020-03-12 12:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

BP has appealed a ruling from the Fair Work Commission that reinstated a worker who was fired for sharing a video clip which included subtitles placed over a scene from the movie Downfall about Adolf Hitler.

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BP worker fired over Hitler parody video to be reinstated after win on appeal
Appeals 2020-02-28 4:50 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A refinery worker sacked by BP over a parody Hitler video has won his job back after a Fair Work Commission appeals panel overturned a prior decision upholding his dismissal, finding that the clip he shared was not offensive or inappropriate.

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Thiess appeals class action ruling over unpaid wages for bussing to work
Appeals 2019-11-19 2:20 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Mining services company Thiess is challenging a ruling in a class action that put it on the hook for paying workers for time spent bussing to and from their work stations at a construction site on Woodside Energy’s Pilbara-based LNG processing plant.

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Thiess workers owed unpaid wages for bus journeys, judge finds
Class Actions 2019-11-05 6:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Federal Court has ruled against mining services firm Thiess in a class action brought by construction workers seeking unpaid wages for time spent on the bus travelling home from work on the project site for a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.

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Union officials blocked from entering work site don’t have to prove intent, judge says
Employment 2019-02-12 4:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A construction company has lost its appeal of a ruling that it illegally blocked CFMMEU officials from entering a work site to meet with union members, with a judge saying the union did not need to prove intent to obstruct to make its case for violations of the Fair Work Act.

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