An employee's flexible work request was sufficiently related to his age, the Fair Work Commission has found, in rejecting he was seeking "open-ended optimisation of his working arrangements" rather than transitioning to retirement.
An employer had decided an employee wasn't suited to his role before he took sick leave, the Federal Circuit Court has accepted, ruling that sacking him the day he returned to work wasn't unlawful adverse action.
When courts are considering who made a decision to dismiss or take other adverse action against an employee, and for what reasons, identifying and interrogating all decision-makers has become a "live issue", a workplace lawyer says.
An employee's perceptions of bullying, and her employer's failure to investigate her complaints, were significant precipitating factors in her death, a coronial inquest has found.
A full Federal Court ruling affirms there's a low threshold for what triggers the corporate whistleblower regime, and workplace lawyers say it provides "authoritative guidance" on how employers can discharge their reverse onus of proof.
An employer had solid reasons for finding a manager's behaviour posed psychosocial safety risks, and for expecting senior leaders to have greater awareness of their conduct obligations, a commission has found.
An employee has won compensation for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found he was warned about failing to provide notice of his absences, but not more broadly about his attendance issues.
A resignation email that copied in clients was potentially embarrassing for an employer, but it didn't warrant dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A people and culture leader didn't mischaracterise a manager's conduct as inappropriate based on the "angry black woman" trope, a commission has found.
An employer has been cleared to investigate an employee's out-of-hours conduct, after the Fair Work Commission accepted it held genuine concerns about suffering reputational harm.
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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