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".
A WHS specialist who refused to give her employer documents stored on her laptop because she was on sick leave was "otherwise capable of sending multiple emails", the Fair Work Commission has noted in upholding her dismissal.
An employer has been ordered to pay a manager more than $2.25 million in compensation, penalties and costs after its CEO "effectively destroyed" her life.
An employee who admitted to smoking marijuana while on annual leave was not unfairly sacked over a positive test when he returned to work, nor treated less fairly than his colleagues, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A manager who privately vented about his stressful and "toxic" workplace was appropriately sacked for misconduct, with a commission finding he contributed to the negative culture.
An employee had "legitimate privacy concerns" about her employer's vaccination history request and was unfairly sacked for resisting it, a commission has ruled in awarding her 14 weeks' compensation.
A new ruling on whether a casual was entitled to claim unfair dismissal indicates a significant "shift" in the Fair Work Commission's approach, an employment lawyer says.
A manager who was bullied and intimidated, and then sacked, after being diagnosed with a terminal illness has been awarded $163k in adverse action proceedings.
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