The Fair Work Commission has awarded $4000 compensation to an injured employee who was preparing to return to work when he was dismissed for misconduct that occurred eight months earlier.
A psychological assessment specialist has been ordered to provide its reasons for labelling an employee "unsuitable" for his job, to assist his unfair dismissal claim.
Despite holding "little doubt" an employer took unlawful adverse action against an employee, the Federal Court has declined to issue an interlocutory injunction to return him to the workplace.
A manager who argued her employer's cut-throat performance and disciplinary processes forced her to resign has lost her unfair dismissal claim, despite the Fair Work Commission's reservations about the regime.
Five senior executives have won their unfair dismissal claims, but will receive no compensation after the Fair Work Commission found they engaged in a "significant amount of misconduct" after being sacked.
Two employees have successfully argued that their post-termination mental health should excuse their late unfair dismissal claims, in separate cases before the Fair Work Commission.
An employee who won reinstatement after the Fair Work Commission found he was unfairly sacked for an "expletive filled tirade" at work has been awarded 15 months of entitlements.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has overturned a finding that an employer acted unfairly when it disciplined and ultimately sacked a worker who claimed his misconduct arose from a mental illness.
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