Poor attendance at work and refusing to correct behaviour wasn't "sufficiently serious" to warrant a manager's dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding him 16 weeks' compensation.
Raising concerns about a manager's ability to work effectively while at home "played a role" in her decision to quit, but it wasn't a constructive dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was reasonable for an employer to accept the resignation of an employee who felt "upset and wronged" after a workplace altercation, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee wasn't "backed into a corner" when an employer responded to his workplace complaints with underperformance allegations, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in a constructive dismissal dispute.
Asking an employee who was absent on stress leave when he intended to return to work was a "suitable" enquiry and didn't force him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee who "sought not to prolong the unpalatable dance of termination" and sent a frustrated text to her employer has been cleared to pursue her general protections claim.
An employee who claimed she "resisted a male dominated and 'boys club' culture" for years wasn't forced to resign after her employer found a request to "get the coffees" didn't amount to gender-based discrimination, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer didn't constructively dismiss an employee when it offered her the choice of resigning, or returning to a workplace alongside her alleged bullies, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A manager who told an employee to "f-ck off" and leave work didn't constructively dismiss him, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding the direction was an effort to "defuse" their heated exchange.
An employee's "excited utterance" following a heated exchange with her supervisor didn't constitute a resignation, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding she was dismissed without an opportunity to respond.
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