Employment law cases | Page 44 (3,387 items)

When complying with a third-party directive to exclude a worker from a site, commercial considerations don't outweigh the need for a procedurally fair process, a new unfair dismissal claim "demonstrates very clearly".

A "very generalised HR person" had no basis to weigh in on whether an employee's psychological injury risks were foreseeable, a court has ruled in throwing out his "expert" report.

Evidence of an employer's "considerable disinterest" in addressing a general manager's workplace complaint has significantly undermined its defence to his adverse action claim.

An employer's misguided approach to addressing an "emotional" supervisor's performance issues could have caused even someone of "normal fortitude" to suffer a psychiatric injury, a court has ruled in ordering it to pay $300k in damages.

A general manager's communication with a CEO didn't reflect "respect, subordination and trust", but it wasn't misconduct that justified his dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An employee who admitted to "a habit of speaking at length" has failed to prove he was put on a PIP due to his race, rather than his difficulties with communication and collaboration.

It was "excessive" and unfair to take six months to investigate workplace misbehaviour allegations, a commission has found in upholding an employee's psychological injury claim.

In a new ruling highlighting the importance of discussing expectations when employees resign, the Fair Work Commission has found a manager didn't "freely" agree to leave before his notified end date.

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A manager had "ostensible authority" to act on an employer's behalf, despite its claims to the contrary, and made it "unequivocally clear" to an employee that she no longer had a job, the Fair Work Commission has found.