It was retaliatory and "cold-hearted" of an HR manager to ask an absent employee to attend meetings, and to repeatedly deny his requests for annual leave after his sick leave ran out, the Federal Circuit Court has found in upholding his adverse action claim.
Sacking an employee seven years after he sent "intimate" messages to a subordinate was warranted, but his otherwise unblemished record made the dismissal harsh, the Fair Work Commission has found in ordering his reinstatement.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected arguments that it wasn't appropriate or fair to make 'same job, same pay' orders for more than 2,000 workers, in a major ruling on the provisions that will add about $66 million to the affected employers' wages bills.
Being able to take time off in lieu didn't alleviate the stress caused by a manager's "significant" workload, a commission has ruled in rejecting an employer's psychological injury appeal.
An employee who "hijacked" a meeting and then resigned in the heat of the moment has lost his unfair dismissal claim, after the Fair Work Commission accepted he engaged in serious misconduct that warranted termination.
After being on restricted duties for nearly seven years, an employee who claimed she might be fit to perform her pre-injury role "at some time in the future" has lost her unfair dismissal claim.
The operational variations between 10 employers weren't "significantly" different enough to warrant blocking a supported bargaining authorisation, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled.
It was fair to summarily dismiss a worker who refused to change behaviour that reflected badly on his employer, even though the termination process was flawed, the Fair Work Commission has accepted.
Failing to provide light duties for six months, in line with doctors' recommendations, was unlawful because it "disregarded" the injured employee's right not to be exposed to workplace hazards, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
"Numerous and significant" mitigating factors meant that despite her "brutal public humiliation" of another worker, a long-serving employee has successfully appealed against her proposed dismissal.
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