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There was nothing discriminatory about giving a female candidate less notice of a recruitment interview, nor in appointing shortlisted men ahead of her, a tribunal has ruled.

More organisations are now examining how they prevent and respond to gendered violence, and those at the leading edge have standout policies, leadership and cultures, an expert says.

An employer has to compensate a sacked manager for breaching his contractual entitlements, but it has successfully defended his adverse action and whistleblower claims.

A Fair Work Commission member was entitled to find an employee faced no future bullying risk after her reporting lines changed, despite her fears that former supervisors could use the employer's systems to bully her from afar, an appeal bench has ruled.

An employer yet to face penalties for breaching an employee's general protections has convinced the Federal Court to hear an appeal against findings made about its decision-making process.

An employee had no basis for claiming she was unfairly dismissed when she'd "simply allowed" her fifth fixed-term contract to expire by failing to sign an extension, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An employer conducted a "woefully inadequate" investigation into an employee's complaints, then unfairly sacked her after deciding it couldn't provide her with a safe workplace, the Fair Work Commission has found.

A people and culture manager who conducted regular welfare checks with an absent worker prior to dismissing him has successfully defended his adverse action claim.

Sacking an employee at a meeting that he'd been told would discuss "performance concerns" didn't constitute a fair process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A broken-down romantic relationship between two workers didn't undermine the credibility of complaints made by one against the other, a commission has found.