An employer was entitled to reduce a supervisor's pay by nearly $20k after he "provided education" to subordinates about how to escape a sexual assault.
An employee's unblemished 32-year tenure didn't outweigh his failure to comply with "clear" directions following customer complaints about him sharing COVID conspiracy theories, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding his dismissal.
The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a senior manager's stop-bullying claim after finding he deliberately forestalled proceedings to preserve his employment, and noting it had "reservations" about whether he was capable of being bullied by an "elderly" director.
The Fair Work Commission has backed a major employer's decision to "make a stand" against foul language at work, but has found its processes fell short when it disciplined a swearing employee.
An employee should have been given a "reality check" about his poor performance before he was dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding him compensation.
It was reasonable to direct an employee to attend an independent medical examination due to suspicions her unsatisfactory performance was caused by an ongoing medical condition, a commission has ruled.
An employer did "everything humanly possible" to obtain an employee's vaccination status and was entitled to dismiss her after she repeatedly rebuffed its requests, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer considered numerous complaints before finding a manager was "troublesome, dominating, difficult and possibly demanding", but its dismissal process was "egregious and flawed", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee accused of inappropriate behaviour has failed to prove his proposed disciplinary action was "excessive" and motivated by "current PC opinions", with a commission finding he showed a "significant failure in judgment".
Having one member of a small team repeatedly fail to meet project timelines was "a situation that any business would need to address", the Fair Work Commission has noted in rejecting an employee's stop-bullying claim.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
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