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A casual employee who worked every week for more than a year has been blocked from pursuing her unfair dismissal claim, after the Fair Work Commission found her employment wasn't regular and systematic.

A manager who was bullied and intimidated, and then sacked, after being diagnosed with a terminal illness has been awarded $163k in adverse action proceedings.

An employer "rightly" sacked an employee who put its reputation at risk when she engaged in criminal conduct, the Fair Work Commission has found.

The Fair Work Commission has raised the minimum wage by 5.2%, or $40 per week, effective 1 July.

An employee has failed to prove discussions about his vaccination status were a "smokescreen" for a pre-determined dismissal.

An employee who was banned from a site for "aggressive" behaviour after refusing to wear a mask has failed to prove he was unfairly dismissed.

The Fair Work Commission has praised an employer's two-year process to help a worker return to his pre-injury role, finding it ultimately had a valid reason to dismiss him.

No worker should be sacked for following their doctor's advice before having a COVID-19 vaccination, a Fair Work Commissioner has said in ordering an employee's reinstatement.

In a decision that highlights the consequences of "haphazard" and "reactive" HR practices, the Fair Work Commission has allowed an employee to dispute his dismissal after finding his fixed-term employment unintentionally became permanent.

It was unfair to deny an employee the opportunity to discuss redeployment options, but her "hysterical" and "unbalanced" conduct during the consultation process made her redundancy genuine, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.