Compliance & case law | Page 191 (2,192 items)

An employer has been given the go-ahead to cross-claim $450,000 against a former salesperson, who it alleges misled the company about his skills and experience.

An employer victimised an employee after she made a sexual harassment claim against her manager by preventing her from returning to the workplace once its investigation was complete, a tribunal has found.

An employer's dismissal of its most senior manager following employee complaints was "capricious, spiteful and prejudiced", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A manager who set up a business in competition with her former employer has been ordered to refile her defence to allegations she breached post-employment restraints and stole its confidential information.

An employer was wrong to sack a manager without warning after his team delivered a JK Rowling book a day early, the Fair Work Commission has found, awarding him $50k in compensation.

An employer that failed to follow its own work-from-home procedures and provide a remote worker with adequate supervision and feedback has been found liable for her psychological injury.

The Fair Work Commission has chastised a large employer for dismissing an employee over the phone while she was on sick leave, likening its action to "tossing out a dirty rag".

An employer that made generalised accusations against an employee, despite having video footage of her alleged misconduct, practised a "form of entrapment", the Fair Work Commission has found in ordering her reinstatement.

An employer took unlawful adverse action in dismissing an employee because she was pregnant, a court has found, while two employees have failed to prove workplace complaints were the reason they were sacked.

Modifications to an employee's incentive scheme and role effectively repudiated his employment contract, leaving his employer powerless to stop him from courting former clients, an appeal court has found.