An investigation's failure to consider eyewitness evidence of a workplace altercation denied an employee procedural fairness, a Fair Work Commission full bench has affirmed, dismissing the employer's appeal against his reinstatement.
An employer has won a costs order against an HR business partner, who persisted with challenging his serious misconduct sacking via "incoherent" claims containing AI hallucinations.
An employer yet to face penalties for breaching an employee's general protections has convinced the Federal Court to hear an appeal against findings made about its decision-making process.
An employer has failed to overturn a reinstatement order for an employee sacked for a positive cannabis test, with a Fair Work Commission full bench rejecting that the ruling cast doubt on the validity of workplace D&A policies more broadly.
The Federal Court has rejected a senior HR business partner's latest challenge regarding his serious misconduct dismissal, after two Fair Work Commission decisions upheld it as fair.
An employer has unsuccessfully argued that the Fair Work Commission doesn't have the power to determine the location of an employee's reinstatement order.
An employer has failed to overturn the reinstatement of an employee it sacked for sexual harassment, despite a Fair Work Commission full bench agreeing that his dismissal was valid.
A decision to suspend an employee without pay while he faces criminal charges over an alleged workplace assault has been upheld as fair and reasonable, despite his strenuous denials of any wrongdoing.
Following his "unquestionably harsh" constructive dismissal, an employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that his "complex and severe psychiatric condition", and his loss of credentials due to a recent criminal conviction, shouldn't rule out reinstatement as a remedy.
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