An employer has fended off a claim that it rejected a candidate for a role because he wasn't Australian, with a tribunal finding his $8.7 billion racial vilification claim was "misconceived".
A job applicant was not discriminated against when he unsuccessfully applied for a role, a tribunal has found, but he did suffer gender-based discrimination during the subsequent grievance process.
A manager with post-traumatic stress disorder has accused an employer of having "no care factor", claiming that with the right support and adjustments, she could have returned to work.
An employer didn't breach discrimination laws when it banned a job applicant from applying for future roles after he sent "intemperate" and "abusive" emails to its recruiters, a tribunal has ruled.
An employer victimised a complaining employee by preventing her from returning to work after a psych injury, despite her full capacity, a commission has ruled in ordering $36k in damages.
It wasn't reasonable for an employer to enforce "strict compliance" with its policies in requiring a managing director to disclose his relationship with a subordinate, a tribunal has ruled.
Despite the tight employment market, more than half of mature-age jobseekers aren't confident they could quickly find a new job, meaning it's time to think more broadly about how to support this cohort into work, a talent expert says.
A self-proclaimed anti-vaxxer "arguably" suffered discrimination on the basis of "social origin" when she was sacked for failing to meet a vaccination deadline, but the discrimination was not direct nor unlawful, the Fair Work Commission has found.
