Absenteeism | Page 3 (197 items)

An employee who was absent for two-thirds of a year was not entitled to "unfettered" access to unpaid leave, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee who was "unwilling" to acknowledge the part he played in his ongoing unfitness for work has failed to persuade a full bench of the Fair Work Commission to re-examine a decision that his dismissal was fair.

After sending an employee a text message about her "final payment", an employer couldn't argue it never meant to dismiss her, the Fair Work Commission has found.

It was fair to dismiss an employee who avoided workplace investigation meetings and refused his employer's requests for medical examinations, the Fair Work Commission has found.

It was fair to dismiss a worker who remained certified unfit for work after a 22-month absence and seemed unwilling to assist his own recovery, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An "incredibly patient" employer's dismissal of an absent worker has been upheld as fair, after she repeatedly failed to attend independent medical examinations despite receiving disciplinary warnings.

Dismissing an employee for being unable to perform the inherent requirements of her role wasn't harsh, a tribunal has found, even though she was certified as "medically capable of attending work reliably".

An employee who maintained he was "not in a mental state to text anyone" while absent for more than two months has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he didn't abandon his employment.

Evidence of an employer's "considerable disinterest" in addressing a general manager's workplace complaint has significantly undermined its defence to his adverse action claim.

A "lack of effective communication" between directors about an "unreliable" worker's absence contributed to his dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.