The fact an employee was unlikely to regain fitness for work did not entitle an employer to drop him "like a hot potato" after he ran out of paid leave, the Fair Work Commission has chided.
An absent employee's excuse for failing to obtain medical certificates was not, as he claimed, "a small white lie to avoid embarrassment" but rather "a calculated attempt to mislead" that justified dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer's "rigid" workplace made it impossible to accommodate an injured employee's return to work following a lengthy absence, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding his dismissal.
An HR manager was "extremely" quick to assume an employee who took sick leave after being assigned new responsibilities was abusing his entitlements, the Federal Circuit Court has found in upholding his adverse action claim.
An employer's refusal to let an injured employee return to full-time duties, and its subsequent response to her bullying and discrimination complaints, were reasonable actions, a commission has ruled.
An employee's direction to attend an independent medical exam will again be reviewed, after a commission found his employer didn't comply with its policy.
An employee who claimed he was left to "drift into irremediable psychological illness" after he made a workers' compensation claim has failed to prove he was unlawfully dismissed.
An employee has been granted an extension of time to pursue his unfair dismissal claim partly because his employer's HR team dragged its feet on responding to his enquiries.
A senior employee made a "calculated decision" to use sick leave to work in secondary employment, a commission has found in rejecting her unfair dismissal claim.
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