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Despite managing a somewhat "difficult" worker with empathy, an employer unfairly failed to ensure he understood its concerns about his behaviour before sacking him, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

In upholding the sacking of a worker accused of defrauding his employer of $12, a Fair Work Commission member denied him procedural fairness, a full bench has ruled.

A senior HR business partner's "patently false", "unsubstantiated" and at times "misogynistic" claims have undermined his unfair dismissal case, the Fair Work Commission has chastised.

Sacking an employee for acting aggressively towards a woman wasn't evidence of a "corporate culture that favoured females over males", a full bench of the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Despite signs of a "permissive attitude" towards name-calling at work, an employer was entitled to reprimand an employee for racial stereotyping a colleague, a commission has found.

The "optics" would be poor if an employer retained a senior employee who was convicted of domestic violence, a commission has found in rejecting his unfair dismissal appeal.

"Knowingly and repeatedly" flouting directions not to catch up on work after hours amounted to serious misconduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting an employee's unfair dismissal claim.

Despite an employee's "extensive" disciplinary history, a Fair Work Commission appeal bench has rejected arguments that his behaviour indicated he was unwilling to comply with workplace policies, and ordered his reinstatement.

An HR business partner's "minimal understanding" of the policy relied on to sack an employee "significantly" undermined the fairness of the dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee's recent sexual harassment training was evidence of the degree to which he was aware his workplace behaviour was inappropriate, and increased the seriousness of his misconduct, a commission has ruled.