An employer that failed to follow its own work-from-home procedures and provide a remote worker with adequate supervision and feedback has been found liable for her psychological injury.
The Fair Work Commission has chastised a large employer for dismissing an employee over the phone while she was on sick leave, likening its action to "tossing out a dirty rag".
An employer that made generalised accusations against an employee, despite having video footage of her alleged misconduct, practised a "form of entrapment", the Fair Work Commission has found in ordering her reinstatement.
An employee who claimed his new team leader micromanaged and bullied him has had his stop-bullying application rejected, after the Fair Work Commission found her behaviour "abrupt" but not repeated or unreasonable.
Having a workplace bullying policy is akin to putting up a wet floor sign, according to a psychologist, whose research shows having a policy doesn't remove the risks that enable bullying to occur in the first place.
An employer took unlawful adverse action in dismissing an employee because she was pregnant, a court has found, while two employees have failed to prove workplace complaints were the reason they were sacked.
Evidence of a worker's serious misconduct, no matter how strong, is no guarantee an on-the-spot dismissal will be considered fair in court, according to a lawyer.
The high-profile dispute between Seven West Media and former executive assistant Amber Harrison has, for now at least, come to an end, with the NSW Supreme Court ordering Harrison to pay the media giant indemnity costs.
Modifications to an employee's incentive scheme and role effectively repudiated his employment contract, leaving his employer powerless to stop him from courting former clients, an appeal court has found.
Misapprehensions abound about summary dismissals and continue to trip up even the most vigilant employers. Watch this webcast to understand why employees can never be dismissed "on the spot", how to ensure workplace policies support disciplinary action, and more.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
