A manager who unsuccessfully claimed his employer had repudiated his employment contract has failed to convince a full bench of the Fair Work Commission that granting him leave to appeal is in the public interest.
When an employer accused its CEO of serious misconduct, suggested his termination was "likely", and gave him only hours to decide whether to resign, it effectively dismissed him, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Changing an employee's role when she returned from parental leave didn't repudiate her employment, but failing to pay her a $22k bonus breached a fundamental part of her contract and amounted to a dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A worker, who maintains she was a contractor despite making dismissal claims, has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission it should grant extensions for her various general protections actions.
The general protections claim of an employee seeking more than $100 million is again underway, after a full bench of the Fair Work Commission found his actions against 18 respondents shouldn't have been dismissed.
The one-week gap between a senior manager's resignation and starting her new job has undermined her claims that she was either dismissed during her notice period, or forced to quit due to poorly handled bullying complaints.
More than a year after the High Court ruled Qantas took unlawful adverse action against 1,700 of its former employees, the Federal Court has awarded one of them $100k in compensation for non-economic loss alone.
It was "highly inappropriate" for a worker's paid agent to pursue a general protections claim that had no prospects of success, but the Fair Work Commission says the employer's $80k legal bill appears "excessive".
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
