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.
An employer has been blocked from sacking a worker who it believed lied during her job interview, because it was unclear whether it followed a procedurally fair disciplinary process.
It was unfair of an employee not to tell his employer about a mental disability that could affect his work performance, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled in adverse action proceedings.
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