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In a novel enforceable undertaking agreed with the Fair Work Ombudsman, the celebrity chef who heads up a restaurant group that underpaid workers will have to educate fellow industry leaders about the importance of compliance.

The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of a senior employee for a serious safety breach, finding he should have known better given his 34 years of service.

A Christmas party that an employer didn't organise or host - but did encourage staff to attend - was work-related, an appeal tribunal has found in ruling a s-xually harassed employee was eligible for compensation.

Two recent rulings send a clear message to employers that it is inappropriate to dismiss employees via text message.

In two new rulings, the Fair Work Commission has shed light on when a casual will be considered to have completed the minimum employment period to gain unfair dismissal rights; and has rejected an Uber driver's claim that he was an employee.

An employee who responded to theft allegations claiming he'd made "a joke", and who called a manager and HR partner "despicable human beings" on social media, has lost his unfair dismissal claim.

A Commissioner has expressed hesitation in reinstating an employee who breached the same rule three times in 12 months, but deemed it the "only" appropriate remedy in the circumstances.

More employers are now recognising the cost and branding benefits of using redeployment programs, instead of exiting talent from redundant roles, a transitions advisor says.

A Federal Court judge has called for employees to be better educated about their rights upon termination, in rejecting a dismissal claim wrongly pursued under general protections laws by a "confused" employee.

An employer's delay in allowing an employee to bring her service dog to work was "arguably poor" from a process point of view, but was not disability discrimination, a tribunal has found.