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It was fair to sack an employee who travelled overseas without approval to take annual leave, despite some shortfalls in the employer's process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

The humiliation of having to express breastmilk in a storeroom was "obvious", the Federal Circuit Court has ruled, in upholding an employee's discrimination and adverse action claims.

An HR manager who claimed to have "elevated" experience and the ability to "model proper workplace behaviours" had options other than quitting when she was upset by inappropriate workplace comments, the Fair Work Commission has found.

A sacked leader "was not without her failings", but her supervisor's "managerial cowardice", in failing to raise any performance concerns with her prior to termination, made her dismissal unfair.

After falsifying timesheets and providing a "wholly unconvincing" explanation for them, an employee was ill advised to persist with his unfair dismissal claim, the Fair Work Commission has noted.

An employer proceeded with "undue haste" and insufficient evidence when it sacked an employee for breaching its D&A policy, according to the Fair Work Commission.

Using a work email address to enquire about a job opportunity wasn't serious misconduct that warranted summary dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee who appeared to take every decision unfavourable to him as a "personal affront" has failed to win stop-bullying orders, with the Fair Work Commission finding none of his seven allegations met the required bar.

Despite "profoundly troubling" evidence about an employee's inappropriate workplace interactions, a Fair Work Commission full bench has declined to overturn a finding that his dismissal was unfair.

An employee's "odd and difficult" behaviours led to personality clashes with supervisors, which in turn aggravated his bipolar disorder and rendered his employer liable for workers' compensation, a commission has ruled.