In neglecting to provide clear evidence of who initiated serious misconduct allegations against an employee, an employer has failed to prove it didn't take unlawful adverse action against her.
It was harsh to summarily sack an employee for timesheet fraud, even though his ongoing performance issues warranted dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding him five weeks' pay as compensation.
The seriousness of an employee's misconduct outweighed the personal and professional harshness of his dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding it was fair to sack him for hitting a minor with a tennis racquet.
A former CEO deliberately misled a recruitment panel when he failed to disclose that in a prior role he was found to have "knowingly engaged" in unconscionable conduct, a tribunal has ruled.
Reinstating an employee accused of misconduct would "in no way" undermine an employer's capacity to comply with its safety obligations, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled in rejecting an unfair dismissal appeal.
An employer was entitled to transfer a "socially inept" employee to a different workplace 350km away after finding he bullied a female colleague, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee's failure to declare medication he was taking for mental health issues denied his employer the opportunity to assess whether it posed any workplace risks, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding his dismissal.
An employer has failed to temporarily block the reinstatement of a sacked employee who it believed posed a "serious" health and safety risk to its workplace.
A Fair Work Commissioner's tolerance for a sacked employee "evaporated" when she failed to meet relevant case deadlines, and he said her lack of attention to detail supported her employer's many dismissal reasons.
An employer's failure to intervene with mediation in a workplace conflict that culminated in an employee's sacking didn't make his dismissal unfair, a commission has found.
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