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The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer for its "baseless" sacking of an employee who was undergoing cancer treatment, and ordered it to pay her maximum compensation.

There was "nothing" to redeem the employer in this case, Commissioner Paula Spencer said. "The dismissal was wanting in every facet of required merits and procedural fairness."

The Little Ted's Childcare Centre educator was sacked in May 2025, with the centre's new owner, Sharn Enterprise Pty Ltd, advising her in a letter that its operational requirements couldn't accommodate her current availability.

In unfair dismissal proceedings, the Commission heard the employee had notified the centre director earlier in the year that she'd been diagnosed with cancer...