S-xual harassment allegations against an employee were part of an employer's "pre-meditated" plan to remove him from its business "in the most efficient way", the Fair Work Commission has found.
In light of the Fair Work Commission's first multi-employer bargaining decisions, many organisations will now want to think more seriously about how they can shore up control of their employment relationships, a workplace lawyer says.
An employer has claimed it didn't have to provide "gold standard" breastfeeding facilities to accommodate an employee's needs, but its pop-up tent in an open storeroom was far from an adequate solution, a tribunal found.
An employee has failed to prove that he was "performance managed out" of his job, with the Fair Work Commission finding his pattern of inappropriate conduct was a valid dismissal reason.
An employer unfairly dismissed an employee after "misunderstanding" his performance requirements and its own workplace procedures, a tribunal has found, however it declined to reinstate him due to his "manipulative" behaviour.
The FWC's first multi-employer bargaining decision reinforces that the new framework will be relevant to "pretty much every employer in the country", according to a workplace lawyer.
It was unfair of an employer not to inform a worker that it was reducing its casual headcount, and that rejecting a permanent conversion offer put his job at risk, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer has failed to prove it fairly sacked an employee for exposing a female colleague to explicit images, despite the Fair Work Commission accepting there was a "culture of inappropriate activity" among workers.
It was up to an employee, not his employer, to prove he acted in self-defence during a "violent" out-of-hours altercation, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled in overturning an unfair dismissal ruling.
A manager's "offensive" comments about an employee's weight and facial piercings were ignorant and insensitive, but didn't force her to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
