The Fair Work Commission has stayed the reinstatement of an employee whose dismissal was unfair, while downplaying the employer's concerns about his potential impact on others in the workplace.
A stop-bullying order requiring mediation between an employee and his manager will stand, after the employer failed to persuade the Fair Work Commission to hear its appeal.
An appeal tribunal has overturned a ruling that an HR leader had a "knee-jerk reaction" to an employee's criminal record and discriminated against her, finding instead that her actions were "perfectly sound".
Compliance with an enterprise agreement alone does not constitute a reasonable business ground for refusing a flexible work request, a Fair Work Commission full bench has confirmed in dismissing an employer's appeal.
The Federal Circuit Court has reconsidered and set aside its finding that an employer discriminated against an employee with ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome when it dismissed her.
Undertaking "preparatory steps" to establish a competing business while still employed will rarely be considered a breach of fiduciary and contractual obligations, a full bench of the Fair Work Commission has highlighted, in refusing an employer's unfair dismissal appeal.
A senior HR business partner, whose unfair dismissal claim was undermined by his "patently false", "unsubstantiated" and at times "misogynistic" claims, has been denied leave to appeal by a full bench of the Fair Work Commission.
When an employer told a casual employee that it wanted to "take a pause" on their working relationship, it effectively dismissed him, a full bench of the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer has lost its appeal against a constructive dismissal ruling, after a full bench of the Fair Work Commission found no evidence that an employee agreed to change the date his resignation took effect.
There are two major findings with implications for most employers in the Federal Court's latest decision regarding Woolworths' and Coles' alleged underpayments, a workplace lawyer says.
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.
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