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An employer didn't breach discrimination laws when it banned a job applicant from applying for future roles after he sent "intemperate" and "abusive" emails to its recruiters, a tribunal has ruled.

The Fair Work Commission has ruled a remote employee who ignored directives not to work during a shut-down period, then didn't log on for two weeks, was justly sacked.

Removing a manager from her role, informing hundreds of staff of this decision, and then dismissing her, weren't actions taken because she'd made 19 workplace complaints, an appeal court has ruled.

It would be "unconscionable" to allow an employer to dismiss a group of employees for misconduct after an "arbitrary and unfair" investigation, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled.

The Federal Court has restrained a non-legal representative from communicating with three major employers on behalf of unvaccinated workers, finding his emails have become "progressively more aggressive" and threatening.

An employee who initially thought her demotion letter was an "emotional brain-snap" has successfully argued she was unfairly sacked.

An employer has failed to prove that it sacked an employee over "threatening" and "offensive" internal communications, with a court finding her complaints about executives "sealed [her] fate".

Managers consistently dealt with an employee's work mistakes in a "positive, encouraging and supportive manner", even while dealing with numerous customer complaints, the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.

An employee's flexible work arrangements placed an "unfair burden" on his colleagues, meaning it was open to his employer to limit his remote working to one day per week, a commission has ruled.

An employee who was allegedly accused of having a "dry face", being unengaging and lacking charm has won compensation for a psychological injury, after a tribunal rejected her employer's "reasonable counselling action" defence.