An employer's redeployment offer to an employee was unacceptable, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting its application to reduce his 16 weeks' redundancy pay to zero.
The Fair Work Commission's decision to award the maximum compensation to a sacked Toyota manager, after it upheld the dismissal of his colleague, is unfortunate for employers, a workplace lawyer says.
A supervisor was fairly dismissed for his treatment of vulnerable jobseekers, despite "serious flaws" in the employer's disciplinary process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer has been ordered to compensate an employee for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found it relied on a flawed skills matrix in making a highly skilled employee redundant.
An employee who frequently used racist language at work was fairly dismissed, despite his long and otherwise unblemished history with his employer, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claim that he was unfairly dismissed for serious misconduct after his employer failed to act on signs of his declining mental health.
Two recent unfair dismissal rulings have put recruitment practices in the spotlight - one involving a misleading candidate, and another a selection panel conflict of interest.
Dismissing a sick employee who could not fulfil the inherent requirements of his role was unfair because it cut short the salary continuance provisions of his enterprise agreement, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer that admitted to sacking an employee after having had "a gutful" of her poor attitude has been ordered to compensate her for unfair dismissal.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
