An employee who disobeyed an instruction to stop contacting a colleague, and responded to a final warning with blame and excuses, was justly dismissed despite shortcomings in HR's process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Casual employment issues, performance management, misconduct terminations and leadership were hot topics in HR this year, a review of HR Daily's most-read articles shows.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claims that his redundancy, which occurred as a result of a new computer system, was a sham. In a separate case, it has ordered compensation for an employee who was dismissed after requesting leave at an inconvenient time.
A decision on employees' personal leave accruals, described as one of the most contentious cases of 2019, is on its way to the High Court. Also in this article: an aggressive employee's dismissal ruling will stand; top HR priorities for 2020; and much more.
An employee who was sacked for applying the wrong protocol when an unexpected safety incident occurred has failed to win reinstatement, despite his unblemished nine-year work record.
A new draft of the contentious religious freedom bill has been welcomed by employer groups, but they say further changes are still necessary. And a casual has lost his appeal against compensation ordered after HR failed to intervene in a rostering dispute.
An employer that had no records to disprove underpayment allegations by two former employees has been ordered to pay them almost $19,000 plus interest.
An employee who was promoted to a role she was unable to perform, and left "out of her depth", has been denied both reinstatement and compensation despite winning an unfair dismissal action.
An employee who was "committed and achieving" at work has failed to prove, some years later, that he was developing a compensable psychological injury at the time.
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.
