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CFMEU abandons casual employment class action

THE Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union has dropped a class action seeking to recover an estimated $16 million in entitlements for about 900 current and former casual miners employed by labour hire company WorkPac.

The High Court decision was the nail in the coffin for the class action.

The High Court decision was the nail in the coffin for the class action.

The Renyard v Workpac class action was discontinued due to legal advice that it could not succeed due to the recent High Court Rossato judgment and new, retrospective laws affecting casual workers introduced...

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