Expressions of gender bias were part of wider cultural issues that "take time" to improve, an employer has claimed in objecting to an employee's general protections dismissal application.
An employee who had been absent for more than two years before resigning has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he was forced out by a pattern of "sustained psychological abuse, structural mismanagement [and] coercion".
Referring to an employee's "body proportions" when directing her to comply with a uniform policy was unacceptable, but it didn't force her to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was reasonable not to allow an employee whose ego was "dazzled" by other job offers to rescind his resignation, the Fair Work Commission has found, rejecting that the employer's conduct constituted a dismissal.
Evidence that an HRBP actively tried to help resolve an employee's issues with a colleague's behaviour has helped an employer defend a constructive dismissal claim.
A workplace complaints process required some "reasonably painful bureaucratic steps", but it didn't leave an aggrieved employee with no option other than to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee who "hijacked" a meeting and then resigned in the heat of the moment has lost his unfair dismissal claim, after the Fair Work Commission accepted he engaged in serious misconduct that warranted termination.
An employer's actions probably contributed to the stress an employee was under when she resigned, but that didn't mean it "forced" her decision, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Allowing a supervisor to retract his resignation on the condition of returning to work as a team member amounted to a dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
