An employer and two directors have been fined $225,500 for underpaying an employee and then producing false documentation to the Fair Work Ombudsman in a "brazen" cover-up attempt.
The performance management process that preceded a senior employee's dismissal was "ham-fisted and disrespectful", the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding him nearly $24k compensation.
Hiring someone to replace an older employee before he was ready to retire made him believe he was expendable, a court has ruled in upholding his discrimination claim.
An employer that admitted its attempt to sack an absent worker was a "mistake" and tried to take it back does not have to pay compensation for unfairly dismissing her.
The "extensive support" an employer provided outweighed any unfairness in its decision to demote an underperforming employee who was experiencing personal difficulties, a commission has found.
Employees' participation in employer-organised medical appointments should be "informed and empowered", a commission has ruled in compensating a worker for unfair dismissal.
An employer could have at least tried to end its employment relationship with an "unreliable" worker on "some agreeable terms", instead of sacking him without any procedural fairness, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee who accused his employer of "inhumane conduct" after it failed to offer him domestic violence leave then made his role redundant has lost his unfair dismissal claim.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
