An employer is entitled to put a stop to bad workplace behaviour via dismissal in circumstances where a lack of remorse suggests such conduct could occur again, the Fair Work Commission has stressed.
A senior employee's "interpersonal shortcomings" had the potential to damage his employer's reputation and provided a proper basis to consider dismissal, 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.
An employer was entitled to discipline a manager for "highly offensive" and inappropriate activity on LinkedIn, but it failed to properly consider how health issues contributed to his "poor judgment", a commission has ruled.
An "adrenaline-charged and stressful situation" didn't excuse an employee who swore, shouted and intimidated a colleague who called him out on a procedural breach, a commission has ruled.
An employee has failed to convince a commission that "significant" workplace stress excused his disrespectful behaviour. Also in this article, new rulings on misconduct, procedural fairness, redundancy...
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".
A employee sacked for social media breaches has won a rehearing of her dispute, after the initial judge failed to give detailed reasons for dismissing her claim.
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.
