Employers shouldn't proceed towards dismissal as if "all bets are off" once an employee has exceeded the Fair Work Act's temporary absence threshold, the Fair Work Commission has warned.
It was "hypercritical" of an HR practitioner to characterise an employee's allegations against his manager as "misleading", when the facts underpinning them were essentially true, the Fair Work Commission has found.
It was fair to dismiss an employee who didn't return to work for 15 months after making a s-xual harassment complaint, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee's decision to physically restrain a customer breached his employer's code of conduct and gave it a valid reason to dismiss him, but the Fair Work Commission has found his sacking was nonetheless harsh.
A Philippines-based contract worker has been cleared to pursue a general protections claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding she was an "Australian-based employee".
An employee's complaints against two colleagues weren't covered by the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions, and his dismissal wasn't unlawful, the Federal Circuit Court has found.
The Fair Work Commission's workload pressures are contributing to lower satisfaction scores from parties using its dispute resolution processes, according to its annual report.
An employee's aggressive and threatening response to being called a "c-nt" warranted his dismissal, but mitigating factors made the decision harsh, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A P&C leader's heavy reliance on a manager's dismissal recommendation, without independently verifying her concerns, has undermined an employer's defence of an adverse action claim.
A manager's s-xualised comments at work were "clearly misplaced attempts at banter" rather than serious misconduct, but overall his behaviour justified his dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
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