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.
A bullied employee has failed to convince the full Federal Court that a $100 nominal damages award she received for employment contract breaches should be increased to $1.6 million.
The fact it took an employer two weeks to sack an employee for a confidentiality breach indicated summary dismissal wasn't a reasonable response to his misconduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has made a "rare and unusual" decision to award an employer indemnity costs after a worker lodged a general protections claim that was "doomed to fail".
An employer discriminated against an employee by repeatedly challenging whether her "extremely personal" gynaecological condition was legitimate, the Federal Court has found.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
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