A worker has lost her stop-bullying claim after making "unpalatable" accusations that she was targeted due to her Chinese heritage, with the Fair Work Commission finding no evidence of repeated unreasonable behaviour towards her.
An employer failed to learn from its mistakes and unfairly sacked a long-serving worker for returning a positive D&A test, the Fair Work Commission has found in ordering reinstatement.
It was reasonable to summarily dismiss an employee for biting, physical fighting and buttock slapping, with the Fair Work Commission finding his behaviour wasn't "horseplay or friendly banter".
An employee who held a "fundamentally different view" of his performance to that of his employer has lost his unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding he was given "multiple opportunities" to improve.
An HR manager and other superiors caused an employee's psychological injury when they either ignored or failed to properly investigate her bullying and harassment complaints, a commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has affirmed disciplinary action against a remote worker who drank wine during an online meeting, rejecting that he was not "at work" at the time.
It was fair to sack a director who failed to disclose a s-xual relationship with a subordinate and was "essentially dishonest" when questioned about it, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee has failed to prove his employer and two HR managers tried to pressure him into an "unreasonable" on-call roster, and then unlawfully sacked him after he refused.
An employee who resigned in the "heat of the moment" was dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding the employer failed to clarify whether she "really intended" her action.
A candidate is claiming an employer should have determined her "employability" based on details included in her resume, and not from an "inaccurate" personality assessment made by artificial intelligence.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
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