An underperforming employee has failed to prove he was forced to resign, with the Fair Work Commission accepting his manager was genuinely trying to "get the best out of him".
A WHS specialist who refused to give her employer documents stored on her laptop because she was on sick leave was "otherwise capable of sending multiple emails", the Fair Work Commission has noted in upholding her dismissal.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld findings that an employee accused of s-xually harassing a female worker was unfairly sacked and should be reinstated.
A self-proclaimed anti-vaxxer "arguably" suffered discrimination on the basis of "social origin" when she was sacked for failing to meet a vaccination deadline, but the discrimination was not direct nor unlawful, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee who admitted to smoking marijuana while on annual leave was not unfairly sacked over a positive test when he returned to work, nor treated less fairly than his colleagues, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A manager who privately vented about his stressful and "toxic" workplace was appropriately sacked for misconduct, with a commission finding he contributed to the negative culture.
An employer has defended its decision not to renew a manager's employment contract, after it received negative feedback from his colleagues and discovered he'd failed to escalate serious cultural issues.
An employee had "legitimate privacy concerns" about her employer's vaccination history request and was unfairly sacked for resisting it, a commission has ruled in awarding her 14 weeks' compensation.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
