Despite concerns about her "seriously disrespectful" conduct, an employer has lost a dispute about converting an employee to a permanent role, with the Fair Work Commission finding it backed out of "unequivocal" commitments.
It was "fanciful" for an HR professional to defend forwarding confidential work information to his personal email, according to the Fair Work Commission, rejecting that his dismissal "did not fit the crime".
A disciplinary meeting was not the main cause of an employee's psychological injury, but it was the final straw for him after a year of workplace hazing and bullying, a commission has found.
A court has granted interim orders restraining a senior manager from soliciting his former employer's clients and staff to join a competitor, after accepting evidence that the business might otherwise lose millions of dollars in revenue.
Giving an employee one day to respond to a show-cause letter after accusing him of assaulting a colleague was unreasonable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding his unfair dismissal claim.
A finding that an employee "acted with a lack of urgency" to ensure he maintained legal working rights was open to the Fair Work Commission, a full bench has confirmed in rejecting his unfair dismissal appeal.
Rude and unprofessional behaviour towards customers, which persisted despite warnings and performance coaching, provided a valid reason for an employee's dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
It was reasonable for an employer to refuse a flexible work request from an employee fleeing family and domestic violence, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An absent employee who gave notice of her resignation, then returned company property saying it was "unlikely" she'd return to work, didn't repudiate her employment contract, according to the Fair Work Commission.
"Aggressive and deprecating" comments from a supervisor couldn't be considered reasonable management actions, a commission has noted in finding an employer liable for a psychological injury.
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