An absent employee thought she had been dismissed when she received a payslip referring to "termination payments", but this was an error driven by the employer's "inflexible payroll system", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An HR professional exacerbated an employee's pre-existing psychological injury when he "laughed in [her] face" after she gave him a certificate of capacity, a commission has ruled.
An employer's purported reasoning for banning a worker from a site was "simply implausible", the Federal Court has ruled, finding his safety complaints "aggravated management" into action.
It was reasonable for a manager to correct an employee's "strongly held" belief that he could choose his own working hours, a tribunal has found in psychological injury proceedings.
An employer that dismissed a worker must now face his general protections claim, despite its lateness, after his representative made errors during lodgement, followed by an "embarrassing" extension request.
"Very real" workplace tensions played a large part in an employee's mental health deteriorating, but the main cause was a "raft" of personal issues, a commission has ruled.
It was "capricious and spiteful" to dismiss an employee who showed "unsophisticated" geographical and emotional intelligence when commenting on a colleague's race, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding her maximum compensation.
A Tasmanian Supreme Court full bench has halved an employee's compensation for sexual harassment, after finding a settlement sum should have been taken into account when assessing damages.
More than two years after an employer was found to have discriminated against a sexually harassed employee, a tribunal has awarded her $53k in 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.
