A managing director has failed to disprove allegations he intimidated, excluded and swore at his employer's CEO, with a commission finding these "actual events" created the perception of a hostile workplace.
An employee has accused his employer of "recklessly endangering" him when it rejected his request to take time off for an appointment during the busy festive season.
An employer could potentially have avoided stop-bullying litigation if it hadn't "clumsily" managed an employee's complaints about a supervisor and had been more transparent about its workplace decisions, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer that was "acutely aware" of an employee's "mental health fragility" acted unreasonably when handling his return to full duties and his complaint about a manager, a commission has found.
An employer has been chastised for telling part-time employees they could only bid for additional shifts by signing individual flexibility agreements that waived their right to overtime.
An employee who refused to wear a uniform that made him feel like he was "going to die" in hot weather was constructively dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Technical issues that prevented an employee from working from home for a few days were "hardly of sufficient gravity" to force him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The integrity of an employer's misconduct investigation has been criticised, with the Fair Work Commission finding it substantiated allegations against an employee before he had a proper opportunity to respond.
Asking an employee to attend a disciplinary meeting and provide a medical certificate for his unauthorised absence wasn't "coercion", the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.
A candidate's job offer was never finalised because the prospective employer had a "profoundly negative reaction" to one of his referees, not because he had made an unfair dismissal claim several years earlier, a commission has ruled.
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