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BHP worker unfairly dismissed over sex toy prank

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A BHP mine worker has won her claim for unfair dismissal after she was sacked for playing a prank on a colleague with a sex toy and partially exposing her breasts in a selfie at work.

The Fair Work Commission ordered BHP subsidiary Central Queensland Services pay truck driver Tara Odgers $6,550 in compensation because it found the company failed to follow its disciplinary procedure at its Caval Ridge mine.

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