It was unreasonable for an employee to require a formal plan to understand how she could meet her employer's performance expectations, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting her unfair dismissal claim.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee should be classified as part-time and eligible for JobKeeper because her employer intended to offer her a permanent role. Also in this article: an employer won't be able to make an employee's role redundant despite COVID-19 until after her discrimination claim is decided; whistleblower compliance risks falling by the wayside during the pandemic; and why more start-ups are engaging HR professionals.
An industrial relations specialist has been ordered to pay an employer's costs of defending an unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission describing its actions as "reckless", costly and "highly prejudicial".
A Qantas engineer was rightly sacked for "plainly unwelcome" and "sleazy" behaviour, despite errors in the allegations against him, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A commission has ordered an employer to reinstate a leader sacked for bullying, suggesting better support could significantly improve his management style.
A court has ordered an employer not to sack an injured worker while his disability discrimination claim is in train, after accepting COVID-19 lockdowns played a role in his conflicting medical evidence and late injunction application.
A worker has again failed to prove she was an employee rather than a contractor, with an appeal bench ruling three critical factors pointed "decisively away" from an employment relationship.
An employer has failed for a second time to defend an unfair dismissal claim on the grounds it was a small business, after a full bench found none of its workers were contractors.
A lawyer whose contract was terminated after he publicly criticised the Federal Government was not subjected to adverse action because of a political view, but rather punished for breaching the firm's media policy, a federal court has upheld.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
