No shave, no job: BHP Billiton's decision to sack worker over beard vindicated
Simon Evans
Updated
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that mining giant BHP Billiton was legally allowed to sack an underground truck driver who refused to shave off a goatee beard and a moustache.
The company has a clean-shave policy for all of its 990 underground workers at the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia.
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