A Fair Work Commission full bench has clarified when the end of a fixed-term contract might constitute a dismissal, finding that a conditional "promise" of ongoing employment wasn't a contractually binding offer.
A senior HR advisor's disciplinary process was unnecessarily lengthy and beset with "obvious problems", but that didn't outweigh that she had breached the employer's code of conduct, a commission has ruled.
Polling other workers about whether to "cut and run" or "stay and fight" after making a stop-bullying application warranted disciplinary action, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, in rejecting an employee's request for an interlocutory injunction.
The refusal of an HR manager's flexible work request did not indicate the employer intended to end her employment or leave her with no choice but to quit, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Extending an employee's probation period while she was on sick leave would have been distressing for her, but the employer had "little alternative", the Fair Work Commission has found.
Hopes that a new employee would "hit the ground running" did not materialise, and prompted numerous workplace issues that ultimately caused her psychological injury, a commission has ruled.
Expressions of gender bias were part of wider cultural issues that "take time" to improve, an employer has claimed in objecting to an employee's general protections dismissal application.
A director showed "reckless disregard" for an employee when he engaged in predatory conduct "for his own wanton gratification", and must now pay her $176k in damages and costs.
