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The fact an employee was unlikely to regain fitness for work did not entitle an employer to drop him "like a hot potato" after he ran out of paid leave, the Fair Work Commission has chided.

An employer has been cleared to pursue disciplinary action against an employee after a commission rejected it was discriminating against him because he was a male domestic violence victim.

An employer that suspected an employee planned to misuse its confidential information failed to afford him procedural fairness and must compensate him for unfair dismissal.

An employer had a valid reason to sack a worker whose repeated inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour made the employment relationship untenable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

HR has become a "dumping ground" for many organisations' legal and regulatory tasks, with burnout an increasingly likely outcome, a risk specialist says.

An employee who refused 32 redeployment options didn't realise his employment was at risk until it was too late, the Fair Work Commission has accepted in allowing his unfair dismissal claim to proceed.

An employee removed from a client site due to complaints about "gossiping" could have received better treatment but ultimately wasn't unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

The Federal Court has found an employer threatened employees with repatriation to "intimidate them into silence", knowing they would put up with below-award rates and conditions.

An FWC full bench has overturned a finding that an employee was dishonest during a workplace investigation, but nonetheless concluded he was fairly dismissed for a "sexualised" tweet, storing p-rn on his work computer, and other misconduct.

Providing access to workplace investigation documents could result in staff not cooperating in future with "complete candour", a commissioner has accepted in upholding an employer's refusal.