The Fair Work Commission has found an employer had a valid reason to sack an employee just days before he returned from medical leave, after he repeatedly refused to hand over covert workplace recordings to assist a bullying investigation.
An employer whose dismissal process was described as involving a plethora of deficiencies has won an appeal against reinstating the worker it sacked for swearing at and threatening his colleagues. Also in this article, a roundup of recent dismissal rulings; new submissions on extending the Fair Work Act; the extent of workplace boredom; and more.
An employer displayed "considerable irony" in sacking an employee for workplace policy breaches while failing to follow its own investigations procedure, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer that stood down a worker facing criminal charges, then sacked him for being absent from work for too long, has been ordered to reinstate him.
An employee warned for breaching company policy twice in one shift was not unfairly dismissed, despite being just weeks away from qualifying for long service leave, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of an employee who called managers "c-nt" and "f-ggot", rejecting his claim that bipolar disorder fuelled his behaviour.
An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that he was unfairly dismissed for sending colleagues a pornographic video in a private message while he was off work.
An employer was right to sack an employee who secretly recorded conversations with colleagues and harassed his manager, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
In two separate cases, employers have failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that dismissing employees for their unreliability and absence policy breaches was fair.
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.
