The Fair Work Commission has upheld an employee's dismissal for threatening to hit female colleagues and acting aggressively towards an HR manager, rejecting his "fanciful" denials of wrongdoing.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claim that failing to sign a deed of release voided his resignation. Also in this article, an employee wasn't 'forced' to leave her employment because of alleged discrimination; bargaining-related strikes are on the rise; and more.
An employee's bullying behaviour towards a colleague wasn't serious enough to warrant her dismissal, especially since her employer failed to properly deal with the pair's interpersonal conflict, a tribunal has ruled.
An employer that threatened to send an employee back to the Philippines for breaking its "no relationships" rule has been ordered to compensate both her and her co-worker for unfair dismissal.
An employee who claimed his co-workers conspired with his employer to falsify s-xual harassment complaints against him has lost his unfair dismissal claim.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to reinstate a worker sacked over "one act of inoffensive drunkenness", after her employer botched its investigation into her misconduct.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a claim that an employee was forced to resign because his employer failed to take appropriate action against a manager who threatened him.
An employee who posed for a photo while skylarking at work and then posted it on Facebook has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he was unfairly dismissed. Also in this article, flexible work and misconduct rulings; women are progressing into full-time management roles faster than men, but are still worse off financially; and more.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
