An employee who claimed he had no choice but to quit after being placed on repeated performance improvement plans has lost his unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding his employer took "reasonable steps" to support him.
An employee who live-streamed her participation in an anti-lockdown protest has failed to convince a commission that her dismissal was harsh because several mitigating factors "clouded" her judgement.
An organisation's culture can make or break the success of an M&A deal, so assessments need to be prioritised as highly as operational and financial due diligence, says an MD with plenty of experience in this field.
An employer has been warned to do more to meet its positive duty to prevent s-xual harassment, after the Fair Work Commission found an employee's inappropriate behaviour went "unchecked" for years.
An employee has won compensation for a psychological injury he suffered after a colleague, with whom he'd been embroiled in conflict for years, was promoted and threatened to "go after" him.
The role of a manager has become "completely unmanageable", due to "an overflowing set of responsibilities and insufficient support from above", a Gartner director says.
An employer has defended sacking an absent employee after an independent medical assessment found "malignant resentment" prevented her from ever being fit to return.
A casual employee has failed to prove a Centrelink notification was evidence she had been dismissed, with the Fair Work Commission finding her employer had temporarily removed her from its payroll system due to business conditions.
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.
