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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.

An employee had no basis for claiming she was unfairly dismissed when she'd "simply allowed" her fifth fixed-term contract to expire by failing to sign an extension, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An employer conducted a "woefully inadequate" investigation into an employee's complaints, then unfairly sacked her after deciding it couldn't provide her with a safe workplace, the Fair Work Commission has found.

A people and culture manager who conducted regular welfare checks with an absent worker prior to dismissing him has successfully defended his adverse action claim.

Sacking an employee at a meeting that he'd been told would discuss "performance concerns" didn't constitute a fair process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A broken-down romantic relationship between two workers didn't undermine the credibility of complaints made by one against the other, a commission has found.

An employee's request to work remotely wasn't validly made, in part because it failed to explain how the arrangement related to her condition, the Fair Work Commission has found.

A "bullish and intimidating" response to an employee's absence was just one example of an employer's unreasonable conduct, which ultimately forced him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Subjecting an employee to a four-year disciplinary process, and expecting him to respond to allegations dating back to 2015, wasn't unfair or unreasonable, a commission has ruled.