An employer didn't force an employee to resign when it ordered her to cease working from home due to safety concerns, according to the Fair Work Commission.
An absent employee was understandably aggrieved by his employer putting an out-of-office message on his emails stating he was on "mental health leave", however this didn't amount to discrimination, a tribunal has ruled.
An apprehended domestic violence order that prohibited an employee from contacting her manager "frustrated" her employment contract, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in concluding she wasn't dismissed.
A manager "misconceived" a reduction in her duties in a negative light when in fact her employer was offering support to overcome challenges in her role, the Fair Work Commission has found in constructive dismissal proceedings.
Questioning an employee's ability to meet work demands didn't amount to bullying, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, despite finding it was "borderline unreasonable" for an employer to ignore his repeated complaints about his workload.
Defects in a disciplinary process "were not minor or insignificant" as an employer claimed, a commission has ruled in finding it liable for a manager's psychological injury.
An employee who resigned four times in two days could not simply argue her actions were "a sudden and out of character brain snap", the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting her constructive dismissal claim.
An employer viewed a leader's actions in a "sinister" light when they were "readily capable" of having an innocent explanation, the Federal Court has ruled in awarding him $130k for unlawful adverse action.
The employees who right-to-disconnect laws aim to help might be those least likely to benefit, according to a workplace lawyer who is concerned the entitlement will be exploited.
It was unfair to move a longstanding senior leader into a non-managerial role, despite complaints he had denied one employee procedural fairness and made inappropriate comments to another, a commission has ruled.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
