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The Fair Work Commission has found it was harsh to sack an employee who claimed work incidents caused him to fail a random blood-alcohol test. Meanwhile, an employer criticised for massive procedural fairness failings is appealing an unfair dismissal ruling; a third state is introducing labour hire licensing; and more.

The fact it took an employer two weeks to sack an employee for a confidentiality breach indicated summary dismissal wasn't a reasonable response to his misconduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

The Fair Work Commission has condemned an employer for its "gross denial of natural justice" after it summarily dismissed an employee whose ex-wife claimed he was stealing from the company.

Compliance frameworks designed to prevent organisational fraud, bribery and corruption are failing and should be simplified, says the head of EY's fraud investigation practice.

An employer has been ordered to reinstate an employee it sacked for aggressively swearing at supervisors, after a commission found "unnecessarily restrictive" management prompted his outburst.

An employer had a valid reason to summarily dismiss an employee for sending abusive emails from his work address, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding they had the potential to damage the organisation's reputation.

The Fair Work Commission has upheld an employee's unfair dismissal claim, finding the employer's two-month delay undermined its claim the sacking occurred for safety reasons.

An employee who was sacked for storing more than 1,200 p-rnographic and inappropriate emails in her work account was unfairly dismissed, a commission has ruled.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to halt a workplace investigation and refrain from taking any disciplinary action against an employee until it determines her stop-bullying application.

Employers can take one of two paths when determining how to handle cross-complaints that arise during workplace bullying investigations, a specialist says.