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In dismissing the appeal of an employee sacked for code of conduct and privacy breaches, a Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected that the absence of an independent investigation rendered an employer's termination process unfair.

An employee's psychological injury was caused by real work events rather than "pure delusion", a commission has upheld in dismissing an employer's appeal.

Employers have lost two important appeals that challenged the Fair Work Commission's interpretation of Fair Work Act amendments.

An HR director denied an employee the opportunity to discuss her disabilities and fitness for work because she'd already "made up her mind" to demote her, a tribunal has found.

Organisations making urgent lay-offs must still comply with their consultation requirements, the Fair Work Commission has highlighted, in rejecting that an employer had no time to consult before making a role redundant.

An employer took appropriate steps to ensure an unwell employee was "sound of mind" before accepting his resignation, a Fair Work Commission full bench has found in upholding its constructive dismissal appeal.

The Fair Work Commission has criticised an employer for requesting a stay of an unfair dismissal compensation order, after it failed to comply with the payment deadline.

In appealing an unfair dismissal ruling, an employer has unsuccessfully argued that prohibiting an employee from working after she resigned was a "reasonable operational decision".

It wasn't reasonable for an employer to rely on a manager's "eyewitness" account of a workplace assault, given he then "took absolutely no action, and continued on with the working day", a commissioner has ruled.

The events an employee claimed were discrimination weren't linked to her autism and ADHD, but rather resulted from managers' understandable concerns about her performance and behaviour, a tribunal has ruled.