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The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to compensate a manager it dismissed for jokingly asking a colleague to punch another worker in the face.

Court and Fair Work Commission rulings this year have changed the way your organisation should manage its employment law compliance and liability risks. Watch this webcast to understand how to manage its legal exposure.

There might always be some grey areas in employers' vicarious liability for end-of-year function misbehaviour, but a recent case provides very clear warnings on what does not constitute acceptable management at these events, a lawyer says.

An employer with a "broad" video surveillance policy did not have a valid reason for terminating a manager who used it to monitor staff performance, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A high-profile s-xual harassment case has had litigation ramifications this year that HR professionals should keep preparing for well into 2016, warns an employment lawyer.

A federal judge has fined an HR manager for her "deliberate" role in a dismissal where the notice period fell two days short of the legislative requirements.

An employee who took sick leave after his annual leave request was denied did not suffer adverse action when he was dismissed - and made a tactical mistake in claiming he did, the Federal Court has found.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to reinstate an employee it fired based on a "critical error" in an investigation report.

Employers now, more than ever, should equip themselves to defend a general protections claim before contemplating any dismissal, a workplace relations lawyer warns.

The Fair Work Commission has praised an HR team's response to a "verbal assault" at a work-related function that ultimately resulted in an employee's dismissal.