Expressing unwillingness to work with a certain manager amounted to refusing a lawful direction, and was a valid reason to sack an employee, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee has failed to prove she was unfairly dismissed when her employer transferred to a lower-paid role, following a client's complaint about her performance.
Using AI to prepare workplace complaints and responses to allegations led to an employee's "demise", the Fair Work Commission has found, in upholding his dismissal for misconduct.
A manager's fixation on workplace bullying meant he overlooked his employer's financial reasons for dismissing him as part of a leadership overhaul, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled, in rejecting his adverse action claim.
An employer has won a vexatious proceedings order against a former employee, after the Federal Court accepted he posed a substantial risk of ongoing litigation if left "unchecked".
A people and culture team "singularly failed" to meet with an employee in a timely manner to discuss his redeployment opportunities, meaning his redundancy wasn't genuine, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A general protections claimant can't proceed with her action against an employer she hadn't begun working for, after the Fair Work Commission found the parties had entered a binding contract, but there wasn't yet an employment relationship capable of being terminated.
Accepting an employee's resignation without clarifying a misunderstanding about her role amounted to a constructive dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Being sacked for serious misconduct after regularly complaining of workplace bullying and harassment would have made a manager feel like "a grave injustice had been perpetrated", the Federal Circuit Court has accepted in adverse action proceedings.
A manager should have realised that a $2.2 million offer to settle his long-running adverse action case was the best outcome he could realistically expect, the Federal Court has commented, in making a costs order against him.
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