The Fair Work Commission has found a worker did not agree to end her employment and therefore was entitled to make a general protections claim, ruling her employer had grown intolerant of her "lack of obeisance" and sacked her.
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A casual worker who was refused further shifts and locked out of an employer's roster system after disclosing her pregnancy is entitled to pursue her general protections claim, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer didn't dismiss an HR administrator when it told her to stop referring to herself as an HR manager, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting this was a "demotion" that breached her employment contract.
The Federal Court has ordered the reinstatement of an employee sacked for making "deliberately provocative" social media posts, but declined to order damages for distress, finding he didn't appear to be "an individual whose feelings might easily be hurt".
An employee who made numerous bullying and harassment complaints about a manager during her seven weeks of employment has failed to prove she was unlawfully sacked.
An employee sacked by a supervisor without authority was entitled to decline an HR manager's invitation to restore his employment, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in clearing him to pursue his adverse action claim.
The Federal Government is seeking feedback on a number of proposed Fair Work reforms, including strengthening anti-discrimination and adverse action protections, classifying casuals, and criminalising wage theft.
An employer has failed to prove it made two roles redundant because it held a "genuine belief" that COVID was negatively impacting its business, with a court finding the timing of its decision was "inexplicable".
