Expressions of gender bias were part of wider cultural issues that "take time" to improve, an employer has claimed in objecting to an employee's general protections dismissal application.
Even if certain negative behaviours were "manifestations" of an employee's autism spectrum disorder, they weren't a substantial and operative reason for her dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee who had been absent for more than two years before resigning has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he was forced out by a pattern of "sustained psychological abuse, structural mismanagement [and] coercion".
A senior HR business partner's "patently false", "unsubstantiated" and at times "misogynistic" claims have undermined his unfair dismissal case, the Fair Work Commission has chastised.
An employee's request for a 919-day extension to lodge a general protections dismissal claim, based on a suggestion made by ChatGPT, was best described as "hopeless" and an unnecessary waste of time, according to the Fair Work Commission.
In "blindly" accepting an employee had verbally harassed colleagues, an HR manager unfairly deprived her of the opportunity to defend herself, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding her $26k for unfair dismissal.
Referring to an employee's "body proportions" when directing her to comply with a uniform policy was unacceptable, but it didn't force her to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The redeployment obligations confirmed by the High Court today might be "pretty straightforward" in obvious hypothetical scenarios, but they're likely to become "very tricky" for employers operating in the real world, a lawyer says.
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.
