| Monday, November 14, 2011 |
| Fired for threatening Facebook posts |
| FAIR Work Australia has upheld the right of an employer to sack a worker over an expletive-filled Facebook rant against a manager that was posted out of hours on his home computer. In a case that highlights the hazy line between work and private lives, computer... |
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| Monday, November 14, 2011 |
| Fines for Facebook photos |
| TWO men who "planked" at work and posted photographs of their antics on the internet have been fined by a court in what is believed to be the world's first workplace planking prosecution. Stewart John Kift, 49, and Cameron John Denbesten, 28, photographed themselves... |
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| Monday, November 14, 2011 |
| Fired for offensive tweets |
| A TRAM driver who posted photos of sleeping passengers, insulted crash victims and taunted commuters online has been sacked. The Herald Sun can reveal Andy Blume was dismissed by Yarra Trams after facing another disciplinary hearing on Monday... |
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| Thursday, November 10, 2011 |
| Timber company fined $160,000 after worker loses 2 fingers |
| A Geelong business has been convicted for failing to properly guard machines, resulting in worker injuries including loss of two fingers and a crushed hand and head. Timbertruss pleaded guilty in the Geelong Magistrates’ Court to three charges of failing to provide a safe... |
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| Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| Chemical firm fined $90,000 over workplace accident leading to leg amputation |
| A South West chemical company has been fined $90,000 over an acid spill in February 2010 which seriously burned four factory workers – one of which had to have his leg amputated as a result of the injuries. Millennium Inorganic Chemical was fined in Perth Magistrate’s Court this week after pleading guilty to failing to do proper safety checks on an outdated sulphuric acid... |
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| Thursday, September 15, 2011 |
| Boss sacked after drinking game |
| Managers and workers have been warned about rowdy office parties after the dismissal of a brewery manager after he played a raunchy drinking game at a workplace Christmas party. James Pritchard was sacked from... |
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