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The Fair Work Commission has awarded maximum compensation to an employee who was sacked for "misleading" his coworkers and "demanding" to see their payslips.

The Fair Work Commission has awarded a manager compensation for unfair dismissal after ruling his employer had decided to make his role redundant before consulting with him.

A decision that a BHP worker who played a prank at an airport was unfairly dismissed has been quashed, after an appeal bench found criticism of the employer's "Fair Play Guidelines" was misconceived and irrelevant.

The Fair Work Commission has shown it is open to varying award conditions to help employers retain workers despite drastically reduced business conditions.

The Fair Work Commission has questioned an employee's decision to assume his employment had ended and claim unfair dismissal, in circumstances where his employer denied the action.

A team leader who allegedly treated an employee like a personal assistant, spoke down to her and made rude hand gestures was not engaging in workplace bullying, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An employee who refused to return her company vehicle and sent hostile texts to HR while on leave for work-related stress was fairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A top-ranked university lecturer who was sacked for failing to achieve newly-introduced performance benchmarks has won reinstatement, with the Fair Work Commission finding more than 10 reasons her "poor performance" rating was unfair.

BHP displayed "astounding and unacceptable" hypocrisy in expecting employees to abide by policies its senior staff didn't understand, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.