A "perfectionist" employee who often chose to work extra hours to finish tasks is entitled to compensation for a psychological injury, after a commission found she was "overworked, under-resourced and unsupported".
An employee who claimed he would "get exhausted" from working hard wasn't unfairly sacked for taking long breaks, with the Fair Work Commission finding his employer took a patient and "measured" approach to managing his poor performance.
An employee who "intimidated" another worker into taking a "sickie" during industrial action has been awarded $65.6k in compensation after the Fair Work Commission found his dismissal was harsh.
A self-proclaimed "touchy-feely" worker has failed to prove an investigation into her alleged inappropriate workplace behaviour was "fatally" damaged by irrelevant evidence.
A commissioner has dismissed an employee's "impassioned" but baseless discrimination complaints, noting it was "incredible" that a single incident more than a decade ago had "spawned so many failed legal proceedings and so much personal and professional destruction".
An employer has failed to prove it dismissed a worker for misconduct and performance issues, and not because she'd requested unpaid domestic violence leave.
A stressful and demanding work environment cannot excuse inappropriate behaviour towards subordinates, a tribunal has ruled in rejecting a senior employee's disciplinary action appeal.
An employee has been awarded $83k in compensation, as well as ongoing weekly payments, for a psychological injury caused by being told he'd need to get a COVID-19 vaccination to continue working.
An absent employee who repeatedly failed to respond to her employer's return-to-work requests has won her unfair dismissal claim, after the Fair Work Commission found she had not "abandoned her employment".
An employer's "many failures" during a worker's probation period didn't outweigh her repeated performance errors and poor attitude, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in unfair dismissal proceedings.
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