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An employee who argued he was trying to keep customers "happy" when he caused $150k damage to his employer's property has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he was unfairly dismissed.

The Fair Work Commission has confirmed the list of issues it will consider in drafting a 'working from home' clause for modern awards, with the test case set to run well into 2025.

The one-week gap between a senior manager's resignation and starting her new job has undermined her claims that she was either dismissed during her notice period, or forced to quit due to poorly handled bullying complaints.

An employer had a valid reason to sack an employee who "blatantly defied" a lawful direction, however summarily dismissing him was harsh, the Fair Work Commission has found.

There's a "relatively high threshold" that employers need to meet when taking disciplinary action against an employee for out-of-hours misconduct, a workplace lawyer says.

A Fair Work Commission Deputy President was wrong to state that an employer had to demonstrate a risk of impairment when dismissing a worker who failed a dr-g test, but this didn't affect his overall finding that the sacking was harsh, a full bench has ruled.

A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has set out some minimum requirements for a workplace D&A policy to be considered "intelligible" to the relevant employees, in dismissing an employer's reinstatement appeal.

An unsuccessful job applicant has failed to prove he suffered discrimination during a recruitment process due to an "unreliable" background check.

More than a year after the High Court ruled Qantas took unlawful adverse action against 1,700 of its former employees, the Federal Court has awarded one of them $100k in compensation for non-economic loss alone.

An employee sacked for serious misconduct had no basis to argue a Fair Work Commissioner made inaccurate findings about her or denied her procedural fairness, a full bench has ruled.