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An employer was wrong to dismiss a casual employee of nearly two years with no notice beyond his last shift, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

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.

An employee's intimidating behaviour towards a female colleague was "short lived", but nonetheless provided a valid reason to dismiss him, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employer has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission it was fair to dismiss an employee for misconduct, when it had no policies to back up its complaints about his behaviour.

The Federal Circuit Court has accepted that an employer did not sack an employee for insisting that it investigate his workplace bullying complaint, finding the organisation's response was reasonable.