A senior employee's "interpersonal shortcomings" had the potential to damage his employer's reputation and provided a proper basis to consider dismissal, a commission has ruled.
The FWC has rejected that an employee's role was made redundant because her manager wasn't sexually attracted to her, finding "no cogent evidence" to support her claim.
An employer "curiously" abandoned 16 misconduct allegations against an employee, only to "blindly" and unfairly sack her on medical grounds two months later.
An "adrenaline-charged and stressful situation" didn't excuse an employee who swore, shouted and intimidated a colleague who called him out on a procedural breach, a commission has ruled.
It was "grossly unfair" to give an HR executive a short timeframe to consider a retirement offer, but he was the "unfortunate victim" of a restructure rather than adverse action, a court has ruled.
An employer followed its enterprise agreement "unconsciously rather than deliberately" in deciding whether to make a role redundant, but its decision was nonetheless valid, the Federal Court has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has criticised an HR director's entirely email-based disciplinary process, in finding an employee was unfairly dismissed for his disrespectful "tone".
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.
