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One of the main reasons an employee experienced "unreasonable" hostility at work was because of his race, a tribunal has accepted in awarding him $25k for direct discrimination.

The Fair Work Commission has sided with an employer that sought to reduce the time an employee worked from home, saying it's expected that management will "take reasonable measures to ensure that staff are providing the value for which they are paid".

Accepting the resignation of an employee suffering from "mental confusion" did not amount to a constructive dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Suspending an employee without pay after he was charged with sexual assault wasn't fair and reasonable, a commission has ruled.

Simply "responding positively" to an approach from a former client doesn't amount to solicitation, a court has highlighted, in refusing to restrain an employee accused of breaching his employment contract.

An employee who believed she worked "efficiently and competently" has lost her adverse action claim, with the Federal Circuit Court finding she was lawfully sacked for her ongoing defiance of authority.

Maintaining a beard was not "merely a matter of personal preference", according to a Roman Catholic employee, who claimed his employer discriminated against him when it denied him a personal protective equipment exemption.

It was reasonable to conclude an employee had lied about being sick, based on social media photos that showed him enjoying a weekend away with friends, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Despite an agreement not to pay out a worker's entitlements between the end of one contract and the start of another, his continuous service was "broken" during this four-day period, the Fair Work Commission has found.

In the absence of "specific and cogent evidence" to supports its serious misconduct allegations, an employer couldn't prove it had a valid reason to sack an employee, the Fair Work Commission has found.