An employee who was unfairly sacked for failing to attend a medical exam was not entitled to reinstatement, because his "bombardment" of emails to HR destroyed the employment relationship, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A CEO's redundancy payment has been slashed by $2.5m after an appeal court found he forfeited it by failing to sign a deed of release, while another executive who was originally denied a severance payment has been awarded $375,000.
An employee whose colleague allegedly broke into her home and fell asleep drunk and naked has failed to convince a tribunal that her employer should have done more to prevent his behaviour.
Employers should have clear whistleblower policies that encourage staff to air concerns safely and anonymously, but not offer rewards or compensation in return, says McDonald Murholme employment lawyer Bianca Mazzarella.
A worker who was sacked for breaching his employer's zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policy has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected, despite his employer questioning the test results and admitting to procedural unfairness.
An HR manager whose employer illegally deducted meal and administration money from employee wages, then submitted false records to the Fair Work Ombudsman, either knew about the activity or was "wilfully blind", a Federal Circuit Court judge has found.
An employee's "habitual" lateness in the face of multiple warnings left his employer with "no alternative" but dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer reasonably and lawfully directed an employee to change her hair colour after she dyed it fluorescent pink for a breast cancer fundraiser, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee who was sacked on grounds that defied "any reasonable analysis" has lost his unfair dismissal appeal, after a commission found he fabricated evidence and made critical Facebook posts about his employer.
In a case the Fair Work Commission found "disturbing on a number of levels", an employee whose supervisory practices constituted bullying and harassment has failed in her unfair dismissal claim.
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