Backbone of WA Economy Hit by Queensland Ruling

Backbone of WA economy hit by Queensland ruling

A Fair Work Commission decision about three mines in Queensland is rippling across industries on the other side of the country.

BHP to face wage bill hit following landmark labor ruling

SYDNEY -- Australian mining group BHP is facing a major increase in labor costs after the country's industrial relations arbiter ruled that the compan

Unions win landmark test case against BHP for ‘same job, same pay’

Landmark ruling orders BHP to pay labour hire workers an average $30,000 more

More than 2,000 labour hire workers employed by BHP in Central Queensland will be paid thousands of dollars more, in a major test of the federal government's laws requiring they be paid the same as directly employed workers.

BHP loses union battle with huge ramifications for industry

The unions have leveraged the Albanese Government’s controversial labour hire reforms to win a landmark decision against BHP, which is set to have a ‘flow-on effect throughout the mining industry’.

BHP loses $66m fight with union in landmark ruling

BHP has lost its challenge to unions’ “same job, same pay” claims in a decision that will have broad ramifications for the mining industry and beyond.