A self-proclaimed "touchy-feely" worker has failed to prove an investigation into her alleged inappropriate workplace behaviour was "fatally" damaged by irrelevant evidence.
An employee who was accused of being racist and leaving his employer short-staffed because of his "multiple" health issues has won maximum compensation for unfair dismissal.
A commissioner has dismissed an employee's "impassioned" but baseless discrimination complaints, noting it was "incredible" that a single incident more than a decade ago had "spawned so many failed legal proceedings and so much personal and professional destruction".
An employer has failed to prove it dismissed a worker for misconduct and performance issues, and not because she'd requested unpaid domestic violence leave.
An employer failed to "fulsomely engage" with an employee and consider all available options when determining her flexible work request, a Fair Work Commission full bench has found in appeal proceedings.
A stressful and demanding work environment cannot excuse inappropriate behaviour towards subordinates, a tribunal has ruled in rejecting a senior employee's disciplinary action appeal.
An employee has been awarded $83k in compensation, as well as ongoing weekly payments, for a psychological injury caused by being told he'd need to get a COVID-19 vaccination to continue working.
An absent employee who was repeatedly blocked from returning to work has lost his stop-bullying claim, after the Fair Work Commission found he was not "at work" when the alleged behaviour occurred.
An absent employee who repeatedly failed to respond to her employer's return-to-work requests has won her unfair dismissal claim, after the Fair Work Commission found she had not "abandoned her employment".
An employer's "many failures" during a worker's probation period didn't outweigh her repeated performance errors and poor attitude, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in unfair dismissal proceedings.
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