Engaging in "deeply personal" behaviour with a client amounted to s-xual misconduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, in rejecting an employee's unfair dismissal claim.
A worker has failed to convince a tribunal that he wasn't sacked for his code of conduct breaches, but rather because he'd disclosed his mental health conditions to his manager.
It was fair to dismiss an absent employee who didn't attend either of two scheduled work capacity evaluations within a "reasonable" timeframe, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Management actions that weren't conducted reasonably were different enough not to be considered 'repeated behaviour', a commission has ruled in stop-bullying proceedings.
An "opportunistic" employer acted on the "incorrect premise" that an employee had abandoned his employment when it sacked him while he was on sick leave, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer has failed to overturn the reinstatement of an employee it sacked for sexual harassment, despite a Fair Work Commission full bench agreeing that his dismissal was valid.
An employer had reasonable business grounds to refuse an employee's flexible work request, given her customer service work couldn't be performed from home or "behind locked doors", the Fair Work Commission has found.
A decision to suspend an employee without pay while he faces criminal charges over an alleged workplace assault has been upheld as fair and reasonable, despite his strenuous denials of any wrongdoing.
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