Ongoing punctuality and performance issues gave an employer valid reasons to dismiss an employee, but its process was flawed because she had to respond to them "on the spot", the Fair Work Commission has found.
Adjusting an employee's roster to accommodate her caring responsibilities wouldn't have imposed a significant burden on an employer, and its refusal amounted to discrimination, a tribunal has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee was forced to resign due to unaddressed psychosocial risks, finding her employer was "supportive" and acted in a "timely and comprehensive manner".
The Fair Work Commission has berated an employee, who continued to use AI tools to prepare his general protections claim after being warned his submissions were "incoherent" and misleading.
Despite an employee's efforts to cast an email he sent in a different light, a commission has found it wasn't about "wishing everyone a happy new year" but rather was "extremely inappropriate" and warranted his dismissal.
It was "extremely harsh" to dismiss a senior manager who was taking leave due to a psychological injury, after being falsely accused of financial mismanagement, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee who responded "what are you gonna do sack me", after being told not to text and drive, has won compensation for unfair dismissal in the Fair Work Commission.
The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer for its "baseless" sacking of an employee who was undergoing cancer treatment, and ordered it to pay her maximum compensation.
Despite failing to help a manager deal with a "complicated" parental leave situation, an employer has proved it didn't take unlawful adverse action against an employee, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
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