In trying to shield a manager from the embarrassment of suspension, an employer ignored correct procedures and caused his psych injury, a commission has ruled.
An employer "curiously" abandoned 16 misconduct allegations against an employee, only to "blindly" and unfairly sack her on medical grounds two months later.
The Fair Work Commission has criticised an HR director's entirely email-based disciplinary process, in finding an employee was unfairly dismissed for his disrespectful "tone".
An employer must compensate a manager it sacked for s-xually harassing a customer, after the Fair Work Commission found its dismissal process was "procedurally disastrous".
The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee kicked and pushed a colleague in a "fight or flight" reaction, finding her conduct warranted dismissal despite a flawed procedure.
The FWC has ordered reinstatement for an employee sacked for serious misconduct, after finding his unblemished safety record made dismissal a disproportionate response.
An employee who was banned from a client's premises after he allegedly called one of its female employees a "c-nt" was fairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Substantiating a formal complaint against an employee who had no opportunity to respond was more than a "mere blemish" in a disciplinary process, a commission has ruled in upholding her psychological injury claim.
Two instances of unreasonable conduct by an HR leader and supervisor were "disparate" in nature and didn't constitute bullying, the Fair Work Commission 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.
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