An "opportunistic" employer acted on the "incorrect premise" that an employee had abandoned his employment when it sacked him while he was on sick leave, the Fair Work Commission has found.
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Investigating an employee for serious misconduct based on a suspicious medical certificate didn't force him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
It wasn't harsh or disproportionate to sack an employee who'd repeatedly been warned about starting work late and failing to show up for shifts, despite his claim that the final time was "a genuine mistake", the Fair Work Commission has found.
It was reasonable for an employer to be concerned about an employee's criminal charges and their potential implications for its female workers' safety, but it wasn't fair to dismiss him over them, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has highlighted staffing shortages as a work design issue that can lead to "feelings of being bullied at work", while rejecting that a manager's conduct amounted to bullying.
It was "premature" to sack an employee for failing to attend work, when just days earlier he was corresponding with the employer about his return, the Fair Work Commission has found.
It wasn't unreasonable or unjust to find a long-serving employee's "sheer number of absences" weighed in favour of his dismissal being valid, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled.
When social media posts caused an employer to doubt the validity of an employee's personal leave, it was entitled to seek further information, a commission has ruled in discrimination proceedings.
Failing to give an employee even a "brief opportunity" to provide evidence of her current and future fitness for work made her dismissal unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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