An employer tried to accommodate a long-serving employee's health issues "as much as [it] could" before sacking her, but its process was deficient, the Fair Work Commission has found in awarding her compensation.
A manager experienced "obvious frustrations" with an employee who was frequently absent, but a commission has rejected that he discriminated against her due to her caring responsibilities.
An absent employee who was repeatedly blocked from returning to work has lost his stop-bullying claim, after the Fair Work Commission found he was not "at work" when the alleged behaviour occurred.
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 HR manager's decision not to notify a "threatening" employee of all the reasons why he was being sacked resulted in an unfair dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee sacked by a supervisor without authority was entitled to decline an HR manager's invitation to restore his employment, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in clearing him to pursue his adverse action claim.
Three months was a "reasonable" amount of time to wait and see if an employee recovered from a psychological injury so he could return to work, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.
An HR director's decision to sack an employee, who had taken more than 2.5 years' leave in a six-year period, was likely a breach of anti-discrimination laws, a tribunal has ruled.
An employee has been granted an extension of time to make a general protections claim, after the Fair Work Commission found his dismissal while on sick leave could have been prompted by his bullying complaint against a manager.
An employee with no imminent prospect of returning to work from medical leave has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission to issue a stop-bullying order.
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