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An employee's "naïve belief" that he could unilaterally decide when he would return to his workplace was a valid reason for dismissal, but his employer's "severely flawed" process made it unfair.

An employee breached her duty of fidelity to her employer by running a business that directly competed with it, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in finding her misconduct termination fair. Meanwhile, two other employees have lost similar unfair dismissal claims.

The Full Federal Court's ruling in Rossato v WorkPac is effectively a "warrant" for employees to double-dip on wages, and suggests "justice and the law... have parted company", the employer is arguing before the High Court.

An employee who unsuccessfully sought to withdraw her resignation after the employer accepted it has failed to prove she was unfairly dismissed.

An employer whose return-to-work plan gave an employee the impression he was being managed out of his job was not liable for related anxiety, insomnia and panic attacks, a tribunal has found.