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An employer that did not renew a senior worker's employment contract because of insubordinate and unprofessional behaviour has been cleared of adverse action by the Federal Court.

A company that failed to involve its HR department in contract renegotiations has been strongly criticised in the Fair Work Commission.

Every day, HR professionals are required to defend and explain their practices in courts and tribunals, with far-reaching ramifications including legal liability and reputational harm. Watch this webcast to understand how to protect yourself.

Decisions to terminate employment should have a clear, identifiable chain of reasoning, recent adverse action rulings highlight.

The Fair Work Commission finalised nearly 200 anti-bullying applications in the first six months of the new regime, but upheld only one, its annual report shows.

An executive has been ordered to pay some of the costs her employer incurred in defending her high-profile adverse action claim, after the Federal Court found her allegations of s-xual misconduct were unreasonable.

In an important ruling on employers' rights to have legal representation in unfair dismissal hearings, the Fair Work Commission has found the HR department of a major retail company had "ample qualifications" to represent itself without a lawyer.

The Fair Work Commission has clarified which factors it will – and won't – take into account when determining whether to reinstate a worker who wins an unfair dismissal claim.

A manager who ran her office like a private business - making payments to herself and others without regard to her employer's procedures - committed serious misconduct, a court has ruled, finding the "cumulative effect" of her breaches justified dismissal.

An employee who was fired for sending an anti-Muslim email at work has been awarded almost $29,000 in compensation, after the Fair Work Commission found his termination was harsh and unreasonable.