Archive for February 2022
Employer who told 61-year-old employee they were “too old” for the job ordered to pay compensation
In March 2021, a construction company was ordered to pay $3,000 to a construction worker for discriminating against him on the basis of his age. As most employers are aware, it is unlawful to discriminate against a person on the basis of their age. Importantly, this is true for an employer both in respect of…
Read MoreFair Work Commission agrees that ‘green tick’ was unworkable as vaccination evidence under workplace policy
In the recent case of CFMEU v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2022] FWC 81, a senior member of the Fair Work Commission (Commission) has decided that employers can require workers to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status without breaching the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). In doing so, the Commission determined that just because sighting…
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