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Giving a senior employee three months' notice of termination, then summarily dismissing him on "inexplicable" grounds after just a month, had the potential to cause such "extreme" damage to his reputation that it warranted $450k in damages, a court has ruled.

One employer will have to face an unfair dismissal claim lodged outside the 21-day timeframe after the Fair Work Commission accepted the employee had no internet access, but another employee has failed to prove his poor mental health prevented timely lodgment of his claim.

An employee has successfully claimed he was forced to resign, but the Fair Work Commission has nonetheless found his dismissal was fair.

The Fair Work Commission has awarded $4000 compensation to an injured employee who was preparing to return to work when he was dismissed for misconduct that occurred eight months earlier.

The Fair Work Commission's new approach to annualised salaries in modern awards will require a radically different approach by employers, according to legal experts.

A psychological assessment specialist has been ordered to provide its reasons for labelling an employee "unsuitable" for his job, to assist his unfair dismissal claim.

An employer was wrong to dismiss a casual employee of nearly two years with no notice beyond his last shift, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee who made bullying allegations against her employer's head of HR has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that an investigation into her own behaviour should halt while her application is determined.

Despite holding "little doubt" an employer took unlawful adverse action against an employee, the Federal Court has declined to issue an interlocutory injunction to return him to the workplace.

A manager who argued her employer's cut-throat performance and disciplinary processes forced her to resign has lost her unfair dismissal claim, despite the Fair Work Commission's reservations about the regime.