An employer acted fairly when it summarily dismissed an HR manager who took her personnel file home and failed to return it, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The Fair Work Commission has criticised a manager for failing to deal with the "simple matter" of issuing warnings, finding an employee's dismissal for poor performance was unfair.
Paying the minimum period of notice specified in the Fair Work Act when a contract doesn't address the issue can expose employers to claims they breached "reasonable" notice obligations, an employment law specialist says.
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An employer has failed to prove that documents from a s-xual harassment investigation were primarily created to obtain legal advice and shouldn't be made available to a dismissed employee.
An employer that allowed a worker to secretly check her manager's computer for p-rnography has been ordered to pay him $25k in compensation for unfair dismissal.
An employee who made Islamaphobic, crude and s-xist comments at work has had his unfair dismissal claim upheld, after the Fair Work Commission found the context rendered his misconduct less serious.
A worker who claimed he didn't have the skills to perform duties he refused has lost his unfair dismissal claim after his employer appealed. Meanwhile, new research shows how to stop employees 'mentally resigning' from their jobs; the evolution of 'smart' workplaces; and how recognition efforts boost retention.
The rejection of two workers' claims for unfair dismissal after they harassed a colleague "just as easily could have gone the other way", a lawyer says, highlighting how precarious these rulings can be.
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