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Dismissal wasn't a disproportionate response to an employee's use of work emails, given she'd received numerous warnings about her inappropriate messages, a commission has found.

An employer had reasonable business grounds for refusing an employee's flexible working request, but the Fair Work Commission has nonetheless ordered it to allow her to work from home for one day per week, on a six-month trial basis.

An investigation's failure to consider eyewitness evidence of a workplace altercation denied an employee procedural fairness, a Fair Work Commission full bench has affirmed, dismissing the employer's appeal against his reinstatement.

The Fair Work Commission has rejected five stop-bullying applications filed by separate workers, finding they faced no continued risk of bullying.

Dismissing an employee for serious misconduct based on undocumented policies and "informal" processes has cost an employer more than $23k.

An employee repudiated his contract by withdrawing his services from a site, but it was his employer's subsequent actions that terminated the relationship, the Fair Work Commission has found, dismissing objections to his general protections claim.

There was nothing discriminatory about giving a female candidate less notice of a recruitment interview, nor in appointing shortlisted men ahead of her, a tribunal has ruled.

An employer has to compensate a sacked manager for breaching his contractual entitlements, but it has successfully defended his adverse action and whistleblower claims.

A Fair Work Commission member was entitled to find an employee faced no future bullying risk after her reporting lines changed, despite her fears that former supervisors could use the employer's systems to bully her from afar, an appeal bench has ruled.

An employer yet to face penalties for breaching an employee's general protections has convinced the Federal Court to hear an appeal against findings made about its decision-making process.