An "argumentative and difficult" employee with a history of misconduct was unfairly sacked partly because his employer advised him of its decision via email, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's arguments that an HR manager 'forced' him to sign a settlement deed and that he should be able to pursue an unfair dismissal claim.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee should have been aware his performance was below the required standard because his manager had daily informal discussions with him about targets.
Honesty and cooperation following workplace misconduct isn't "noteworthy" behaviour that mitigates its seriousness, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting an unfair dismissal claim.
A three-year leadership development overhaul has helped a major clothing company almost double its employee satisfaction and engagement during the pandemic.
An employer accused of taking sides when a workplace affair went sour was in fact "amenable, flexible and considerate", the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting a constructive dismissal claim.
An employee has been awarded $45k in damages after her informal complaint about sexual harassment was escalated without her knowledge, triggering a sequence of events that included defamation and victimisation claims.
An employer that made a manager's role redundant, then sought to settle his unfair dismissal claim by offering to re-employ him, did not act unlawfully, the Fair Work Commission has found. But in another case, an employer that didn't consult with an employee beyond initial talks because it saw the task as futile has been ordered to pay him compensation.
An employer's JobKeeper-enabling stand-down direction has been set aside after the Fair Work Commission found the employee could still be usefully employed.
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