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The Fair Work Commission has rejected five stop-bullying applications filed by separate workers, finding they faced no continued risk of bullying.

Dismissing an employee for serious misconduct based on undocumented policies and "informal" processes has cost an employer more than $23k.

An employee repudiated his contract by withdrawing his services from a site, but it was his employer's subsequent actions that terminated the relationship, the Fair Work Commission has found, dismissing objections to his general protections claim.

There was nothing discriminatory about giving a female candidate less notice of a recruitment interview, nor in appointing shortlisted men ahead of her, a tribunal has ruled.

An employer has to compensate a sacked manager for breaching his contractual entitlements, but it has successfully defended his adverse action and whistleblower claims.

An employer has won a costs order against an HR business partner, who persisted with challenging his serious misconduct sacking via "incoherent" claims containing AI hallucinations.

A Fair Work Commission member was entitled to find an employee faced no future bullying risk after her reporting lines changed, despite her fears that former supervisors could use the employer's systems to bully her from afar, an appeal bench has ruled.

An employer yet to face penalties for breaching an employee's general protections has convinced the Federal Court to hear an appeal against findings made about its decision-making process.

Even when an IME suggests an employee permanently can't perform the inherent requirements of their job, it's best not to assume it's safe to dismiss them, a lawyer says.

An employee had no basis for claiming she was unfairly dismissed when she'd "simply allowed" her fifth fixed-term contract to expire by failing to sign an extension, the Fair Work Commission has found.