The Fair Work Commission has accepted an employee told his manager to "f-ck off" without any reasonable justification, but found the "indecent haste" of his dismissal rendered it unfair.
An employee who slept on the job was unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, after finding the employer "blindsided" her during the workplace investigation.
In two new redundancy decisions, the Fair Work Commission has found HR wasn't obligated to inform an employee about subsidiary vacancies it was unaware of, and has approved an 85 per cent reduction in an employee's entitlement.
An employer that sacked a manager for his "problematic" communication style without prior formal warnings has been ordered to compensate him for unfair dismissal.
An HR manager's failure to investigate an employee's complaints about his performance management made his dismissal unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer that directed an employee to go on sick leave after she shared numerous conspiracy theories with colleagues unlawfully discriminated against her, a tribunal has found.
An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that being placed on two performance improvement plans after receiving "outstanding" work appraisals amounted to bullying.
An employer that attempted to add "crude" manual labour to a white-collar worker's role has failed in its appeal against paying his redundancy entitlements.
Employees can't rely on a lack of social media training to defend online comments that they "would not dream of" making face-to-face, a Fair Work Commissioner has said in upholding a supervisor's dismissal as fair.
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.
