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Category - Industrial Relations

Mount Pleasant Coal Mine

Coal mine workers win $30K pay rise, permanent roles

Dozens of outsourced employees secured a major wage increase and greater job security. Twenty-seven labour hire workers recently won a $30,000 pay rise each plus permanent positions at MACH Energy...

Glencore coal

Coal workers could share in over $100M says report

Mine employees can expect to receive their part of lucrative back payments. Authorities are considering how to compensate Queensland and New South Wales crew members who were estimated to be...

Ravensthorpe mine workers

Employer shuts down after ‘significant’ losses

A foreign-owned mining company will completely stop production because it is losing too much money. First Quantum Minerals recently confirmed it would shut down its struggling Ravensthorpe nickel...

Metropolitan Coal Mine

Coal employees win unfair dismissal case

A mineral producer unreasonably terminated work agreements and outsourced roles, a court found. A Federal Court judge recently ruled that Peabody Energy crew members unjustly lost their jobs before...

Tahmoor Coal

Coal mine offers three wage increases, $2500 bonus

A mineral operation agreed to lift salaries, give lucrative incentives, and improve penalty rates and leave pay. Employees recently voted up a much better enterprise agreement at SIMEC Mining’s...

Mount Pleasant Coal Mine

Coal mine could increase worker wages by up to $40K

An economically efficient mineral producer might need to dramatically lift remuneration at one of its operations. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is considering a Same Job Same Pay application for...