Long-serving manager with "short fuse" fairly sacked
A manager should have better controlled his "easily triggered" temper, the Fair Work Commission has said in upholding his dismissal for verbally abusing a female colleague. » more »
Compliance & case law (806 items)
True IR reform undermined by "usual suspects"
Making employment laws fit for purpose will require much more than "tweaks", and already there appears to be a lost opportunity for input beyond the "usual suspects" with entrenched views, an IR heavyweight says. » more »
History of misconduct outweighed "unfairly narrow" opportunity to respond
An employee's opportunity to respond before he was sacked for serious misconduct was too "narrow in scope", an FWC full bench has ruled, while nonetheless upholding the dismissal as fair. » more »
"Inappropriate" management actions weren't bullying
Two managers could have handled certain situations better, according to the Fair Work Commission, but it has stopped short of granting stop-bullying orders to an employee who claimed he was "insulted and humiliated" by them. » more »
Employer must abide by 'unfair' psych assessment, dismissal upheld
The fact that a psychological assessment process lacked transparency was not enough to render an employee's dismissal unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting an employee's appeal. » more »
"Deliberately provocative" posts warranted disciplinary action
An employee sacked over controversial social media posts has failed to convince the Federal Court his dismissal was unlawful adverse action. » more »
Employer wins appeal against $1m backpay, reinstatement
An employer has successfully appealed an order for it to reinstate a senior executive and backpay him $1 million, after a full Federal Court found the primary judge took an incorrect approach in assessing the evidence of the case. » more »
Manager's stand down unlawful, designed to 'force resignation'
A recruitment company used a stand-down direction to force a state manager to resign, so it could avoid paying her contractual entitlement to three months' notice, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. » more »
Deliberate, dishonest conduct didn't justify "ambush": FWC
An employee sacked for deliberately misusing his company credit card has been awarded compensation for unfair dismissal after the Fair Work Commission found his employer's response was "severely flawed", and amounted to an ambush. » more »
Ex-employees to pay damages after retaining, soliciting employer's contacts
A court has ruled two workers breached their employment contracts, in the absence of any restraint terms, after retaining confidential client information and establishing a competing business. » more »
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