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A tribunal has rejected an employee's claim that he was unfairly sacked following his conviction for domestic violence, which he argued was not sufficiently connected to his employment to warrant his dismissal.
The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer for its "dysfunctional" and "shambolic" workplace culture, and ordered it to compensate an employee for unfair dismissal.
The Fair Work Commission is increasingly calling 'time's up' on cultural misfits and undesirable behaviour in the workplace, according to an employment lawyer.
The Fair Work Commission has deemed three dismissals to be unfair because of procedural issues, including an "overzealous" allegation, a failure to warn a worker about his inappropriate behaviour, and a lack of specific evidence about an employee's misconduct.
A coroner has slammed an employer's HR team and managers for demoting and bullying an employee, who was suffering a mental illness, prior to her death by suicide. Meanwhile, two experts share tips for supporting employees who are facing a personal crisis.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claim that his dismissal for misconduct at a work Christmas party was unfair because the employer failed to give instructions on appropriate standards of behaviour.
An employee who frequently used racist language at work was fairly dismissed, despite his long and otherwise unblemished history with his employer, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claim that he was unfairly dismissed for serious misconduct after his employer failed to act on signs of his declining mental health.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
