High Court upholds Same Job Same Pay order for Queensland mine workers

abc.net.au

The High Court has rejected BHP's appeal attempt regarding a Same Job Same Pay order for over 2,000 mine workers. This ruling upholds a previous decision that labour hire workers at three BHP coal mines in Queensland are owed the same wages as their directly employed counterparts. The decision is seen as a significant win for the Mining and Energy Union, which plans to pursue similar orders at other mine sites.


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