An employee who disobeyed an instruction to stop contacting a colleague, and responded to a final warning with blame and excuses, was justly dismissed despite shortcomings in HR's process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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Overhauling performance and recognition, then continuing to make small tweaks to the systems, has helped an employer improve its engagement score by more than 30 points.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claims that his redundancy, which occurred as a result of a new computer system, was a sham. In a separate case, it has ordered compensation for an employee who was dismissed after requesting leave at an inconvenient time.
Despite only hiring many employees for a few weeks of the year, Tennis Australia boasts an 85% return rate for its Australian Open workforce, largely attributing this to its recognition program.
An employee who was sacked for applying the wrong protocol when an unexpected safety incident occurred has failed to win reinstatement, despite his unblemished nine-year work record.
An employer that had no records to disprove underpayment allegations by two former employees has been ordered to pay them almost $19,000 plus interest.
An employee who was promoted to a role she was unable to perform, and left "out of her depth", has been denied both reinstatement and compensation despite winning an unfair dismissal action.
An employee who was "committed and achieving" at work has failed to prove, some years later, that he was developing a compensable psychological injury at the time.
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