An employee who was told his position was being made redundant "almost immediately" after returning to work from a long absence is entitled to compensation for a psychological injury, a commission has ruled.
An employee who alleged she suffered 20 instances of unlawful adverse action during her three-month probation has lost her $3.8 million general protections claim.
It was unfair to sack an employee whose performance deteriorated after a workplace injury and caused "resentment" from her manager, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding maximum compensation.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected an employer's appeal against reinstating a worker dismissed for breaching its code of conduct while he was on annual leave.
It was wrong for a Fair Work Commissioner to conclude an employer unfairly dismissed a poor-performing employee because she hadn't received any warnings about her conduct, a full bench has ruled.
An employer has successfully defended sacking an employee for breaching its code of conduct, after he was found guilty of a sexual offence outside working hours.
An employee's partner failed her "spectacularly" in his role as support person and caused her to be unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A commissioner has been left "perplexed" as to why an employee didn't complain to HR about his role changing, in rejecting that he was constructively dismissed.
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