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An employee's view that her employment record should get a "clean slate" as part of an unfair dismissal settlement was not enough to prompt the Fair Work Commission to interfere with the agreement.

In 2023 the Eastern Health employee lodged an unfair dismissal application after she was sacked for misconduct. A conciliation conference followed, and afterwards the conciliator emailed the parties confirming an agreement had been reached.

That email stated the key terms of the settlement agreement included removal of the dismissal from her personnel file...