An employee has won his unfair dismissal claim despite showing a concerning lack of insight into his inappropriate behaviour, after the Fair Work Commission found his sacking could have a "catastrophic consequence".
There was no evidence to support an employee's allegations of "unresolved psychosocial hazards", and in any case these didn't justify his unauthorised absences from work, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Even if some complaints about an employee's behaviour were the result of ADHD-related "misunderstandings", her conduct warranted termination, the Fair Work Commission has found.
It was fair to sack an employee whose workplace complaints were so unreasonable and persistent that managing them required another worker's almost full-time dedication, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Telling an employee who was seeking an early pay rise not to copy the CEO in on her grievance emails was clearly lawful and reasonable, and breaching this direction warranted her dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An HR business partner's "damning assessment of morale and employee relations" in a senior manager's team was the final straw that prompted his dismissal, the Federal Court has found in redetermining a long-running adverse action case.
A fake list of achievements on an employee's resume weren't the result of his "faulty recollection" and carelessness, but rather a deliberate attempt to mislead his employer, a commission has ruled.
When an employer responded to an employee's bullying complaints by threatening her mother's job, she had no choice but to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A sacked employee wasn't "up to the job", according to his employer, and his role was no longer required, but the Fair Work Commission has ruled his dismissal was nonetheless unfair.
