A situation where leaders don't want a particular employee on their team isn't a "cogent, sound or defensible reason for dismissal", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee has been granted an extension of time to pursue his unfair dismissal claim partly because his employer's HR team dragged its feet on responding to his enquiries.
An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that his Facebook posts shouldn't be considered offensive if he didn't "intend" them that way, losing his unfair dismissal claim.
An employer's "protracted failure" to address an employee's harassment complaints left her with no choice but to abandon her employment, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was "entirely appropriate" for an employer to propose dismissal for workplace behaviour that "fit the classic pattern of an escalation for s-xual harassment", a commission has ruled.
Mandating the flu vaccination was a "comfort" a large employer could rely upon to defend itself against potential litigation, and was lawful and reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding an employee's dismissal.
An employee who claimed his employer failed to act upon his "litany" of workload and resourcing complaints has failed to prove he was constructively dismissed.
An employer was entitled to re-investigate an incident after receiving new information, but it was "grossly unfair" to make different findings when the facts remained "essentially" the same, the FWC has ruled.
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