The seriousness of an employee's misconduct outweighed his employer's numerous disciplinary failings, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.
A labour hire employee's previous work at a site did not count towards 'continuous service' after the host directly employed him, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has found an employee did not breach his employer's workplace policies in expressing a view about domestic violence that was inconsistent with its philosophy, but has nonetheless rejected his unfair dismissal claim.
More bystanders are witnessing s-xual harassment, but their desire to act has "decreased significantly", major research shows. Also in this article, an employer has won costs against a manager it sacked for breaching IT policies; skills shortages are worsening as hiring expectations rise; it's R U OK? Day today; and more.
The Federal Circuit Court has chastised the Fair Work Ombudsman for reporting underpayment allegations as facts, in finding an employer suffered significant consequences as a result of the negative publicity.
An employer has successfully argued it owed an HR employee no redundancy payment, with the Fair Work Commission accepting she "jumped the gun" when she resigned without properly considering a redeployment offer.
In a case that shows the "inescapable nature of social media" extending to the legal space, the Fair Work Commission has found an employee's Facebook posts about his holidays undermined his reasons for not lodging an unfair dismissal claim on time.
The Fair Work Commission has described an employer's approach to returning an employee to work as "patient and generous", and rejected his claim for unfair dismissal.
The Full Federal Court's decision to overturn the approval of an enterprise agreement puts an "incredibly high onus" on employers to explain EA terms during the consultation stage, according to a legal expert.
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All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
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