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A Qantas employee has failed to argue that the Fair Work Commissioner hearing his claim was biased and should recuse himself because he held memberships to the employer's airport lounges.

An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that a manager's email celebrating his impending dismissal was evidence that an investigation into his conduct had been predetermined.

The Fair Work Commission has criticised an employer's opaque decision-making process, while upholding the dismissal of an employee for serious misconduct.

An employee's difficult personal circumstances made her employer's formal response to her workplace behaviour issues "excessive", a tribunal has upheld on appeal.

An employer committed unlawful adverse action when it "went looking" for reasons to dismiss an employee after he complained about his performance management process.

An employer has successfully defended sacking a worker who violated its safety policies, despite its earlier "lax approach" to enforcement.

An employer took unlawful adverse action when it actively sought to 'manage out' an employee by making her position redundant, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.

An appeal tribunal has found an employee was unfairly dismissed for taking an overseas holiday while absent from work on sick leave.

The "soft control" an organisation has over gig workers is an important factor in determining whether an employment relationship or true independent contracting exists, the Fair Work Commission has highlighted.

An employer didn't act maliciously when it breached sham contracting laws, the Federal Circuit Court has taken into account in ordering low penalties.