Regularly pressuring an employee to work overtime posed a "real risk" to his health and safety, and was just one example of the repeated unreasonable conduct that forced him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A young white employee "imputed with conservative political beliefs" has had his general protections bid thrown out, after a court found his claim was largely a "crusade" against diversity and inclusion.
A manager's "dramatic" shift from supporting an employee to sacking her for serious misconduct was driven by "vindictive personal reasons", the Fair Work Commission has found, in awarding her $56k in compensation.
Meetings to address interpersonal conflict led an employee to believe she was being bullied, a commission has ruled, in rejecting this perception was part of her "delusional" thought processes.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has denied an employer permission to appeal against reinstating a sacked worker, ruling there were no errors in a previous finding that the dismissal was valid, but unreasonable.
Dismissing an employee by text, without warning and without a valid reason, was "inappropriate and regrettable", the Fair Work Commission has found in ordering compensation.
In a workplace conflict where both employees appeared to give unreliable evidence, the Fair Work Commission has declined to issue stop-bullying orders, ruling the incidents were more about "differing opinions" than "sabotage" and disrespect.
The fact that an employee's false bullying allegations against a colleague were just "bluff and bluster" made in the "heat of battle" didn't excuse his conduct, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding his dismissal.
The Fair Work Commission has decided to raise the national minimum wage and minimum award rates by 3.5%, after four years of declining "real wages" for these workers. Meanwhile, more than 70% of HR leaders think employees now value financial wellbeing programs as much as physical and mental health offerings.
After shoving a woman out of a lift on his way to work because he thought she was "rude", an employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he was unfairly sacked.
