An employee who was not given a reasonable opportunity to defend himself against "very serious" misconduct allegations has won maximum compensation for unfair dismissal.
Two managers treated an employee in a "high handed, hostile way", manifesting in an unfair disciplinary process, the Federal Court has found in upholding her adverse action claim.
An employee must acknowledge a colleague's "distressful experience" in writing, and refrain from discussing a video of her, as part of consent orders handed down in response to a s-xual harassment application.
A commission has found an employee's attempt to "gee up" a subordinate was not trivial and couldn't go unpunished, even though he wasn't trying to be malicious or aggressive.
A failed discrimination claimant described as "Australia's unluckiest job applicant" has been ordered to pay an employer $44k in costs, after a commission found his allegations were "unreasonable and capricious".
Redeployment offers do not need to be "identical" but rather "sufficiently comparable" to a redundant role, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in reducing an employee's redundancy payout by 50%.
An HR manager deliberately attempted to avoid paying an employee his correct entitlements by falsely accusing him of poor performance and then sacking him, a tribunal has ruled in fining an employer $104k.
An employee who was threatened by a colleague and asked to accept a transfer was not bullied, the Fair Work Commission has found, ruling these were understandable responses to the employee's own inappropriate behaviour.
An HR manager has been criticised for giving "poor" advice that an employee should be sacked for breaching an "inherent requirement" of his position description.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
