Dozens of unvaccinated miners at BHP’s Mount Arthur coal mine in NSW have been stood down without pay and could face the sack after the mining union lost a bid to suspend the company’s mandatory jab policy.
The Fair Work Commission late on Tuesday refused the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union’s application to stay BHP’s mandate, which requires miners to have had a single dose of COVID-19 vaccination from Wednesday, until the union’s legal challenge is determined next month.
