The Federal Court has ordered a continued injunction against a misconduct investigation, finding it possible that the employer's process breached its enterprise agreement.
An employer's "abrupt" dismissal of a poor performing employee, after finding he "wasted" seven hours browsing non-work-related websites, was procedurally deficient, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was reasonable to summarily dismiss an employee who responded to performance concerns by calling managers "c-nts" in a staff Facebook group chat, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer that failed to "advocate" for an employee when its client requested he be stood down during a serious misconduct investigation has been ordered to pay him compensation for a psychological injury.
The Fair Work Commission has granted a worker's request for copies of emails, notes and reports related to her employer's internal processes, as part of her stop-bullying claim.
An employer's dysfunction enabled an "extremely flawed" dismissal of an employee, one week after it promoted her, and it then displayed a "lack of professionalism" during unfair dismissal proceedings, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee was inappropriately accused of "criminal" conduct then subjected to a procedurally deficient investigation, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding her unfair dismissal claim.
A commission has criticised an employee's complaint about a "racist and s-xually inappropriate" Microsoft Teams message, finding it unnecessarily consumed "countless" work hours and thousands of dollars in lost productivity.
An employer's failure to suspend a manager "at any time" during a 10-month investigation into aggressive conduct allegations has undermined its decision to dismiss him.
The former CEO of Harrier Group was summarily dismissed for deliberately misusing her work credit card while the company was struggling financially, not because she raised bullying and pay issues, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
