The employer behind "one of the worst cases of management bullying" a Fair Work Commissioner has ever seen acted too harshly when it sacked a worker who was misinformed about her workplace rights. » more »
A misconduct investigation that generated 12 allegations against an employee but substantiated just six used a "kitchen sink" approach, the Fair Work Commission has found, deeming the termination harsh despite the employer's valid reason. » more »
An employee who was "at best" difficult and argumentative has won compensation for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found numerous verbal warnings didn't give him sufficient notice that termination was on the cards. » more »
A large employer's procedural failings when sacking an underperforming employee "should not have occurred", according to the FWC, which criticised the HR manager for not playing a more active role in the process. » more »
An employee has won maximum compensation for unfair dismissal after the Fair Work Commission found an HR "cowboy" failed to genuinely consult her during a redundancy process. » more »
An employee's failure to tell her employer about secondary work didn't justify a formal written warning, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in accepting she wasn't deliberately dishonest. » more »
It was reasonable to dismiss an employee with recurring injuries who took "excessive" time off work, the Fair Work Commission has accepted. Also in this article, a roundup of recent rulings on procedural unfairness, a psych injury, and more. » more »
A Fair Work Commissioner has lambasted an employer for "one of the poorest displays" of a dismissal process she has seen, involving an employee sacked for taking "unwarranted" sick leave. » more »
Which of 2020's unfair dismissal cases will have lasting ramifications? This webcast provides a roundup of the year's most important rulings to put your organisation on the right footing in 2021. » more »
A dismissal meeting that "blindsided" an employee accused of misconduct while on annual leave "should never have occurred in the way it did", the Fair Work Commission has chided. » more »
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