Fair Work Commission rules BHP vaccine mandate unlawful due to lack of consultation
by Stephanie Convery from World news | The Guardian on (#5SMGH)
About 50 workers at the Mt Arthur coalmine had been stood down without pay over the mandate
The Fair Work Commission has ruled a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for all workers at BHP's Mt Arthur coalmine was unlawful because the company did not consult adequately with its workers.
Approximately 50 mine workers were stood down without pay last month after they were told they would be required to have had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to enter the work site after 9 November, and that they would need to be fully vaccinated by 31 January next year.
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