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An employer has failed to overturn reinstatement orders for an employee who claimed he tested positive to illicit drugs as a result of touching rather than ingesting them.

A Commissioner's "hesitant" decision to reinstate an employee has been overturned after a full bench found a worker with his long tenure had no excuse for breaching established procedures.

The Federal Government is appealing last month's ruling on personal leave entitlements, which if left unaddressed could cost employers up to $2 billion a year. Also in this article, a dismissal upheld despite its flaws; manager capabilities ranked by industry; and more.

A Qantas employee has failed to argue that the Fair Work Commissioner hearing his claim was biased and should recuse himself because he held memberships to the employer's airport lounges.

An employee's difficult personal circumstances made her employer's formal response to her workplace behaviour issues "excessive", a tribunal has upheld on appeal.

An appeal tribunal has found an employee was unfairly dismissed for taking an overseas holiday while absent from work on sick leave.

The Fair Work Commission has upheld a ruling that a redeployment opportunity involved an unreasonable commute, after evidence showed the employer failed to consider all the costs involved.

A union has launched a class action on behalf of long-term casuals, seeking annual leave entitlements estimated at $12 million. Also in this article: discrimination accounts for a growing proportion of reasons behind the gender pay gap.

An employee who was denied compensation for a bullying-related injury on the grounds she made deliberately false representations about her mental health has been cleared to appeal the decision.

An employee sacked for posting anonymous, critical tweets about her employer has today lost her compensation claim in the High Court.