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An employee who resigned four times in two days could not simply argue her actions were "a sudden and out of character brain snap", the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting her constructive dismissal claim.

An employer viewed a leader's actions in a "sinister" light when they were "readily capable" of having an innocent explanation, the Federal Court has ruled in awarding him $130k for unlawful adverse action.

It was unfair to move a longstanding senior leader into a non-managerial role, despite complaints he had denied one employee procedural fairness and made inappropriate comments to another, a commission has ruled.

An employee's "self-serving act" in forwarding work emails to her personal account after being informed of a restructure was serious misconduct and warranted her dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A "lack of effective communication" between directors about an "unreliable" worker's absence contributed to his dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.

"Generic and blanket HR answers" aren't sufficient alone to establish that an employer has reasonable business grounds to refuse a flexible working arrangement request, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee has been ordered by the Fair Work Commission to return to the office one day per week, after refusing a reasonable direction to do so while his flexible work dispute was being determined.

An employer's "repetitive verbal feedback" was not enough to warn an "insensitive" employee her job was at risk, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding her compensation for unfair dismissal.

A manager who was accused of "hysterical" and aggressive behaviour towards an employee experiencing work difficulties did not bully her, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employer acted "in good faith" when it emailed staff about an employee's health after she suffered a medical episode at work, but it nonetheless breached her privacy, a commission has found.