Compliance & case law | Page 96 (2,527 items)

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.

An employee who failed to attend work for three weeks because he'd been remanded in custody has lost his unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding he abandoned his employment.

An employee who did not seek psychological treatment for a workplace sexual assault until more than two years after the incident has lost her workers' compensation claim.

Employees aren't protected under strengthened whistleblower protections for detriment they suffered before the current laws came into effect, a full Federal Court has affirmed.

A manager and his "alter ego" company have been ordered to pay his former employer $474k, after a court found he breached his fiduciary duty not to use his position for personal gain.

A manager has failed to prove an employer's "unethical practices" left him with no choice but to resign, with the Fair Work Commission finding there was "no downside" to making a formal complaint instead.

An employee who misrepresented when she finished work on 17 occasions in a six-week period engaged in "time fraud" and was fairly sacked, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee has been cleared to pursue a s-xual harassment claim against her former CEO and employer, despite the latter arguing she had welcomed the alleged behaviour.

An employer had a valid reason to dismiss an employee who failed to follow its lawful and reasonable directions to work in its office spaces, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.