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The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee was forced to resign out of frustration with the handling of her harassment complaints.

An employer's procedural failings rendered an employee's dismissal for s-xual harassment unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

ANZ Bank was justified in sacking a senior employee for misconduct, and didn't use her as a "scapegoat", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee has failed to prove an employer took adverse action in dismissing her due to her age, after it enquired about her plans for retirement.

The Fair Work Commission has rebuked an employer for failing to adequately manage sponsored workers, finding it unfairly dismissed an employee for the "trifling" offence of exceeding her permitted working hours.

A commission has rejected an unfair dismissal claim brought by an employee who was openly hostile towards his employer and bullied his superiors, declaring he was "the architect of his own demise".

An employee's psychotic episode and subsequent psychological injury were caused by work stress, not marital issues, a tribunal has ruled.

An employee's refusal to use his employer's new workplace technology was a valid reason for dismissal, despite the employer's "concerning" privacy oversights, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

In two separate rulings, employees who were demoted and had their pay cut for performance and conduct issues were found to have been dismissed.

An employer acted unreasonably, and at times vexatiously, when it defended an unfair dismissal claim, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in ordering it to pay costs.