An employee who was sacked for being unable to perform her role, despite being willing to attend an independent medical examination, has failed to prove she was unfairly dismissed.
An employer's communication with an employee after an upsetting meeting wasn't "perfect", but it proved she wasn't dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee sacked for misconduct has won a rehearing of her adverse action claim, with a court accepting her employer might have included workplace complaints among the "behavioural issues" it considered when dismissing her.
An employer was entitled to direct a white-collar employee to undertake a dr-g test after allegations he was slurring and swaying at work, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee has failed to convince a court her employer was involved in organised crime and discriminated against her because she was "white, non-Muslim, female and mature".
An employee who claimed his employer exploited his disability at work has failed to prove his dismissal was unlawful, after a court accepted he struggled to follow reasonable directions.
The fact an employee was unlikely to regain fitness for work did not entitle an employer to drop him "like a hot potato" after he ran out of paid leave, the Fair Work Commission has chided.
An employer that suspected an employee planned to misuse its confidential information failed to afford him procedural fairness and must compensate him for unfair dismissal.
An employer had a valid reason to sack a worker whose repeated inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour made the employment relationship untenable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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