Category: People & Workforce

The Fair Work Commission has found Whitehaven Coal (ASX: WHC) had reasonable business grounds to refuse an employee’s request for a six-month extension of unpaid parental leave.

Elliott Investment Management is pushing Northern Star (ASX: NST) for board changes, putting forward six candidates for the board enhancement it has been calling for since June.

Peabody Energy Australia has signed an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) after it rectified nearly $5m in wages to 197 underpaid workers.

A worker has died following a mobile equipment incident at the United Wambo open cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley, NSW yesterday afternoon.

Former Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC) managing director and chief executive Amanda Lacaze has been appointed to the Vulcan Energy (ASX: VUL) board.

BHP (ASX: BHP) is facing another strike at its Port Hedland operations with workers notifying the company of their intention to strike next weekend.

Hancock Prospecting has contributed more than $ 1.272m in bonuses to Australia’s medal-winning swimmers at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

The WA government has awarded $416,482.63 to nine community-led projects protecting culturally significant sites and preserving cultural knowledge across the Pilbara.

Fortescue (ASX: FMG) has partnered with Wirraka Maya Health Service Aboriginal Corporation to give Aboriginal men in Hedland greater access to culturally safe health and wellbeing support.

A contract worker has died and another has been seriously injured following an incident at the Peak Downs coal mine in Central Queensland.

Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) has appointed former Perseus Mining (ASX: PRU) chief executive Jeff Quartermaine as an independent non-executive director, effective immediately.