An HR business partner has defended claims she failed to support an overwhelmed manager, with the Fair Work Commission finding she often acted as a "sounding-board" and tried to help improve her performance.
A "stupid" comment to a young employee wasn't a "threat of fatal violence" but it nonetheless made his work environment feel less safe, and forced him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Amid soaring absence rates many employees are now being accused of abandoning their employment, but there's a high threshold for establishing this in a dispute, a lawyer says.
An employee has failed to prove she was forced to resign for the sake of her mental health, alleging she was bullied and falsely accused of misconduct.
An employee with ADHD has claimed a disciplinary meeting was so distressing she had to walk out, with the Fair Work Commission accepting this wasn't a resignation.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee's domestic violence disclosure to HR triggered an "exponential" increase in performance conversations that led to his constructive dismissal.
An underperforming employee has failed to prove he was forced to resign, with the Fair Work Commission accepting his manager was genuinely trying to "get the best out of him".
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.
