Major mining labour hire firm WorkPac has been hit with an estimated $84 million class action over claims it underpaid 'regular' casuals their annual leave and other entitlements. Canberra law firm ...

Recruitment and workforce management provider WorkPac Group has been impressed by the simplicity and performance of its Pure Storage arrays. ICT services network manager Damien Albiez told iTWire that ...

The big miners are throwing billions at new mines as the next wave of the resources boom builds. Looking to ride the wave all the way to shore are the owners of WorkPac, the country's largest ...

In July last year, Peter Guinea told the Daily Mercury he was informed he was no longer needed at BMA's Daunia mine just a day before the company announced it would roll out autonomous trucks at the ...

The High Court of Australia has recently handed down a long-awaited judgment, unanimously allowing the appeal of Workpac Pty Ltd, and ruling that long-term employee Robert Rossato was, contrary to the ...

In February 2019, Adero Law filed a class action in the Federal Court against labour hire company WorkPac (which holds commercial contracts with mining giants BHP, Rio Tinto, Anglo American and ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gladstone. Followed categories will be added to My News. The move comes as the Company continues to expand its reach across Australia. Some of WorkPac's major ...

LABOUR hire firm WorkPac is expanding on the back of winning the contract for recruitment to the $200 million Townsville Ring Road project WorkPac’s Townsville firm, which specialises in industrial ...

On 20 May 2020 a Full Bench of the Federal Court dismissed WorkPac's bid to overturn the 2018 Skene decision, and determined that another of its 'casual' employees, Mr Rossato, was not a casual ...

The mining industry is facing four new class actions alleging that more than 25,000 workers were not paid their proper entitlement, worth up to $325 million. Workers will allege the companies were ...

The ruling found people on casual contracts working "regular, certain, continuing, constant and predictable" hours are entitled to paid leave benefits. The Federal Court found casual staff working ...

With the appeal to be considered by the court in 2021, employers said Attorney-General Christian Porter could use forthcoming industrial relations changes to allow companies to offset claims from ...