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The Fair Work Commission has refused to make a flexible work order, finding the employee's preferred arrangement could not validly be requested under the FW Act's provisions.

It was unfair to dismiss an injured employee "out of the blue", despite her two-year absence and inability to work, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employer has unsuccessfully sought to remove two senior HR leaders from an employee's general protections claim, which it is defending by arguing their actions were "consistent with ordinary HR inefficiency", rather than unlawful.

In the first decision dealing with its time-based power to dismiss s-xual harassment disputes, the Fair Work Commission has ruled only some parts of an employee's application can proceed.

It wasn't unreasonable for an "insulted and incensed" colleague to refuse to speak to an employee, a commission has found in stop-bullying proceedings.

Dismissal wasn't a disproportionate response to an employee's use of work emails, given she'd received numerous warnings about her inappropriate messages, a commission has found.

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An employer had reasonable business grounds for refusing an employee's flexible working request, but the Fair Work Commission has nonetheless ordered it to allow her to work from home for one day per week, on a six-month trial basis.

After paying more than $360k to settle a common law claim, an employer now has to face additional s-xual harassment and discrimination allegations, a tribunal has ruled.

An investigation's failure to consider eyewitness evidence of a workplace altercation denied an employee procedural fairness, a Fair Work Commission full bench has affirmed, dismissing the employer's appeal against his reinstatement.