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An employer constructively dismissed a casual when it ceased all communication with him after he sought to clarify his employment and pay rate, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A managing director has failed to disprove allegations he intimidated, excluded and swore at his employer's CEO, with a commission finding these "actual events" created the perception of a hostile workplace.

An employee has accused his employer of "recklessly endangering" him when it rejected his request to take time off for an appointment during the busy festive season.

An employer could potentially have avoided stop-bullying litigation if it hadn't "clumsily" managed an employee's complaints about a supervisor and had been more transparent about its workplace decisions, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employer that was "acutely aware" of an employee's "mental health fragility" acted unreasonably when handling his return to full duties and his complaint about a manager, a commission has found.

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Technical issues that prevented an employee from working from home for a few days were "hardly of sufficient gravity" to force him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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Asking an employee to attend a disciplinary meeting and provide a medical certificate for his unauthorised absence wasn't "coercion", the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.

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