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A Fair Work Commission member was entitled to find an employer "misheard" a worker resign after a heated workplace argument, and her award of maximum compensation should stand, a full bench has ruled.

In finding today that the risk of an employee's psychiatric injury was a "serious possibility" after his botched dismissal process, the High Court has nonetheless determined not to rule on whether employers' duty of care extends to disciplinary and termination events.

An employee jumped the gun when he resigned before the conclusion of redeployment discussions, and his employer did not repudiate his contract, the Fair Work Commission has found.

In hindsight an employer was imprudent not to compromise further to settle an employee's unfair dismissal claim, but its rejection of her final offer wasn't so unreasonable as to warrant a costs order, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Arguing in a vigorous and forceful way during a meeting was not the same thing as posing a serious and imminent risk to safety, the Fair Work Commission has found in ruling an employee should not have been sacked for serious misconduct.

An employee's over-dramatisation of a childcare need as a "family emergency" indicated he had a very limited coping mechanism, the Fair Work Commission has observed in declining to make stop-bullying orders.

Suggesting that an employee take some time off work, or at least stay away from the office after a "fiery" interaction, didn't leave him with no option but to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An employee's view that her employment record should get a "clean slate" as part of an unfair dismissal settlement was not enough to prompt the Fair Work Commission to interfere with the agreement.

An employee who was absent for two-thirds of a year was not entitled to "unfettered" access to unpaid leave, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A manager who unsuccessfully claimed his employer had repudiated his employment contract has failed to convince a full bench of the Fair Work Commission that granting him leave to appeal is in the public interest.