An employer's failure to investigate alleged misconduct at a client site "heavily contributed" to an employee's unfair dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee's "understandable" response to s-xual harassment allegations against him wasn't "outside the boundaries of normal mental function", a tribunal has ruled in rejecting his workers' compensation claim.
Employers that erase employees' devices following terminations could be robbing themselves of valuable evidence in the event of an unfair dismissal claim, a lawyer says.
Employers appear to be taking considerable risks in the way they manage discipline and dismissals, with a lawyer warning that shortcuts often lead to more complexity and litigation, not less.
An employer has failed to block a sacked worker's reinstatement on the basis that his "proven track record of unacceptable workplace behaviour" made the employment relationship untenable.
It was "highly inappropriate" for an employee to secretly record a meeting about remarks he had made threatening his employer's reputation, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Assessing the potential risks that whistleblowers face in their organisation requires HR leaders to take a "really broad" view, a workplace lawyer stresses.
Despite having conducted a 19-month investigation, an employer needed "more robust" evidence to prove an employee deliberately tried to provoke workplace conflict, a commission has ruled.
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