An employer dismissed an employee when it changed her position from part time to casual without her agreement, the Fair Work Commission has found, clearing her to pursue her general protections claim.
An employer's "ad hoc" approach to a s-xual harassment allegation and its subsequent investigation caused an employee's psychological injury and were not reasonable actions, a commission has found.
A talent advisory leader who signed contracts worth more than $2 million a year is suing her former employer for unlawful adverse action and contract breaches, alleging her complaints about its "toxic" culture were ignored.
Two employees who breached their employment contracts by discussing a colleague's new salary have won maximum compensation for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found their conduct was "not sufficiently serious".
An employer's risk-averse approach to weighing conflicting medical views about an employee's fitness for work resulted in an unfair dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
S-xual harassment allegations against an employee were part of an employer's "pre-meditated" plan to remove him from its business "in the most efficient way", the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee has failed to prove that he was "performance managed out" of his job, with the Fair Work Commission finding his pattern of inappropriate conduct was a valid dismissal reason.
An employer unfairly dismissed an employee after "misunderstanding" his performance requirements and its own workplace procedures, a tribunal has found, however it declined to reinstate him due to his "manipulative" behaviour.
It was unfair of an employer not to inform a worker that it was reducing its casual headcount, and that rejecting a permanent conversion offer put his job at risk, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer has failed to prove it fairly sacked an employee for exposing a female colleague to explicit images, despite the Fair Work Commission accepting there was a "culture of inappropriate activity" among workers.
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