Misconduct | Page 56 (766 items)

A Christmas party that an employer didn't organise or host - but did encourage staff to attend - was work-related, an appeal tribunal has found in ruling a s-xually harassed employee was eligible for compensation.

An employee who responded to theft allegations claiming he'd made "a joke", and who called a manager and HR partner "despicable human beings" on social media, has lost his unfair dismissal claim.

The Fair Work Commission has awarded $9000 in compensation to an employee it found was unfairly dismissed after an aggressive altercation with a co-worker.

An employer that claimed it warned an employee about his conduct on multiple occasions before dismissing him, has undermined its reliance on a zero-tolerance policy to support its actions, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an application by three employees for "oppressive" interim stop-bullying orders. Also in this article, an employee loses her constructive dismissal appeal; an employer wins a dispute over PPL eligibility; and more.

The Fair Work Commission has put an employer on notice following an "unbalanced" process that saw one employee sacked as a result of an argument, while the other wasn't even rebuked.

The Fair Work Commission has found that a "brutal" dismissal fell short of being harsh, because the employee had "clear and fair opportunities" to respond to the allegations against him.

The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of three employees for misconduct, finding the trio abused their positions to obtain a range of "extravagant personal benefits".

An employee has lost his general protections claim after failing to convince a court he was sacked for being injured rather than a "bludger". Also in this article: new unfair dismissal rulings; why non-disclosure agreements should be "outlawed"; and more.

An employee has successfully claimed he was forced to resign, but the Fair Work Commission has nonetheless found his dismissal was fair.