Scott Tracey Won Hitler-Parody Lawsuit

In 2018, a BP employee named Scott Tracey helped create and circulate a "Hitler rants" parody at Australia's Kwinana Oil Refinery while workers negotiated a new pay and conditions agreement. The video used a scene from Downfall to mock BP management's bargaining tactics, prompting the company to fire Tracey for allegedly breaching workplace policies. His first unfair dismissal claim failed, but the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission ruled that viewers familiar with the meme would not seriously believe it compared BP managers to Nazis. In 2020, the Federal Court rejected BP's appeal, Tracey returned to work, and the commission awarded him AU$201,394.92 in lost wages and retirement benefits.

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