An employee who tried to defend an "offensive" social media post as "intellectual freedom" has failed to prove he exercised his right in accordance with the "highest ethical, professional and legal standards".
A worker's employment didn't significantly contribute to his mental stress, a tribunal has ruled, finding his "personality dysfunction" would have caused psychological symptoms regardless of his workplace.
An employer was entitled to direct an absent employee to attend an independent medical examination, after she refused to attend "ridiculous" training on mental health grounds, a commission has found.
The Fair Work Commission didn't become a "protagonist" when it aimed to vindicate its "theory" that an employer engaged in an elaborate sham to deprive workers of penalty rates, the Federal Court has found in rejecting an apprehended bias claim.
An employer's investigation and disciplinary process into an employee's alleged fraud did not breach her employment contract, nor its duty of care to her, a court has ruled in rejecting her psychological injury damages appeal.
The High Court has granted an employee special leave to appeal a ruling that found an employer couldn't have reasonably foreseen his "extraordinary" psychiatric response to being dismissed.
It wasn't reasonable to transfer an employee accused of sexual harassment and ban him from speaking to female staff alone, a commission has found in a psychological injury appeal.
A worker has failed to block a performance improvement plan designed to address her "pattern of disregard" for supervisors, with a commission finding the action "fair and reasonable".
An employee who refused to attend an independent medical examination has lost her appeal against the direction, after a commission rejected that her employer was trying to block her return to work.
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