A WHS specialist who refused to give her employer documents stored on her laptop because she was on sick leave was "otherwise capable of sending multiple emails", the Fair Work Commission has noted in upholding her dismissal.
Employers are facing increasing pressure to disclose workplace sexual harassment allegations and the outcomes of their investigations, but this requires a careful balancing act.
An employee has failed to prove her dismissal for "very serious" misconduct was harsh because she'd already been subjected to a prolonged investigation and "significant" penalty regarding earlier allegations.
After sacking an employee for a code of conduct breach involving a consensual s-xual interaction, an employer has successfully appealed against orders to reinstate and compensate him.
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It was unfair to deny a long-serving employee the opportunity to respond to his potential dismissal, despite his incapacity to return to work, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Despite making no findings, the Fair Work Commission has said an employer should investigate the incident at the centre of an employee's application for stop-sexual-harassment orders.
An employer took a "narrow view" of the reasons why an employee resigned after she unwillingly appeared in a sexualised workplace safety poster, a Fair Work Commission full bench has found.
A "fundamentally unreasonable" misconduct investigation has revealed an employer's culture as "one where management protects itself by finding scapegoats to appease complaint or criticism", according to the Fair Work Commission.
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