An employer conducted a "woefully inadequate" investigation into an employee's complaints, then unfairly sacked her after deciding it couldn't provide her with a safe workplace, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A people and culture manager who conducted regular welfare checks with an absent worker prior to dismissing him has successfully defended his adverse action claim.
Sacking an employee at a meeting that he'd been told would discuss "performance concerns" didn't constitute a fair process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A broken-down romantic relationship between two workers didn't undermine the credibility of complaints made by one against the other, a commission has found.
An employee's request to work remotely wasn't validly made, in part because it failed to explain how the arrangement related to her condition, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A "bullish and intimidating" response to an employee's absence was just one example of an employer's unreasonable conduct, which ultimately forced him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Subjecting an employee to a four-year disciplinary process, and expecting him to respond to allegations dating back to 2015, wasn't unfair or unreasonable, a commission has ruled.
A transgender employee has successfully claimed his employer discriminated against him, after it stored his former name and allowed it to be disclosed during internal recruitment processes.
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