An employee who alleged she suffered 20 instances of unlawful adverse action during her three-month probation has lost her $3.8 million general protections claim.
A new enterprise agreement that proposes giving employees the right to disconnect from work is far from groundbreaking, but employers should "absolutely" expect to face more demands along these lines, a lawyer says.
It was unfair to sack an employee whose performance deteriorated after a workplace injury and caused "resentment" from her manager, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding maximum compensation.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected an employer's appeal against reinstating a worker dismissed for breaching its code of conduct while he was on annual leave.
It was wrong for a Fair Work Commissioner to conclude an employer unfairly dismissed a poor-performing employee because she hadn't received any warnings about her conduct, a full bench has ruled.
An employer has successfully defended sacking an employee for breaching its code of conduct, after he was found guilty of a sexual offence outside working hours.
An employee's partner failed her "spectacularly" in his role as support person and caused her to be unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer didn't force an employee to resign by changing the days and times of his performance management meetings, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A commissioner has been left "perplexed" as to why an employee didn't complain to HR about his role changing, in rejecting that he was constructively dismissed.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
