A former CEO deliberately misled a recruitment panel when he failed to disclose that in a prior role he was found to have "knowingly engaged" in unconscionable conduct, a tribunal has ruled.
Reinstating an employee accused of misconduct would "in no way" undermine an employer's capacity to comply with its safety obligations, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled in rejecting an unfair dismissal appeal.
Failing to let an employee comprehensively respond to performance concerns she considered "unjustified" was unreasonable, a commission has ruled in upholding her psychological injury claim.
The Fair Work Commission's first contested single interest employer authorisation is important for all organisations, because it helps clarify when they might be roped in to EAs, and how to defend applications, a lawyer says.
An employer unintentionally dismissed an employee when it treated his ambiguous comments as a resignation and "unilaterally" declared he was no longer employed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was unfair to sack an employee who refused to sign a new employment contract with higher sales targets and "unreasonable" restraint clauses, the Fair Work Commission has found in awarding him $42.5k in compensation.
An employer was entitled to transfer a "socially inept" employee to a different workplace 350km away after finding he bullied a female colleague, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer has a reasonably arguable case that a former employee breached his contract's confidential information and post-employment terms, the Federal Court has ruled in imposing interlocutory restraints.
An employer's "very modest step" in limiting an employee's communications with his supervisor was reasonable action, in light of identified risks to the latter's mental health, a tribunal has found.
An employer has been directed to give a casual employee who sought conversion to permanent one final chance to sign a full-time contract, despite his two-month "hesitation" eroding its trust.
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