An employee's dismissal for making a racial comment was unfair because his employer didn't properly consider the context of the remark, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was unfair of an employer to sack a 73-year-old employee with nearly four decades' service on the basis of one medical assessment, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee's dismissal for misleading clients was fair despite his employer's lack of prior warnings, the Fair Work Commission has found. Also in this article: rulings on complaints management and s-xual harassment; casual conversion rights extended; the most important skill for the future of work; and more.
The Fair Work Commission has found an employee was fairly sacked for being intoxicated at work, but chastised his employer for its response to his workplace suicide attempt.
Workplace academics have called on HR professionals to take informal harassment complaints more seriously, and assess the extent to which their organisational culture tolerates bad behaviour.
In a case that illustrates the importance of giving employees timely, accurate information in writing about major workplace changes, a redundancy that occurred for legitimate reasons has been deemed an unfair dismissal.
An employer's HR practices have been scrutinised in a workplace bullying review, revealing inferior grievance management and recruitment processes. Also in this article, why bored managers design boring jobs; HR's expanding role and skillset; and more.
A manager should have recognised that his behaviour towards younger female employees would come across as "odd" and "obsessive", the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.
An employer acted reasonably in sacking an employee who tried to undermine managers, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. Also in this article, two misconduct-related dismissals upheld despite their procedural defects.
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.
