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 »
An employer has failed to argue it "broadly complied" with redundancy consultation obligations, with the Fair Work Commission saying the steps it took could "never constitute meaningful consultation". » more »
A redeployment offer that added nearly two hours to an employee's daily commute was reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in reducing his redundancy pay. Also in this article: a roundup of recent dismissal cases; and other compliance developments. » more »
The way employers handle redundancies and restructures now will have a lasting impact on whether their "survivors" continue to be engaged and productive, a specialist says. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has, in finding an employee was unfairly dismissed, reminded employers that redundancy consultation should be "substantive" and "not merely perfunctory". » more »
An employee had an 'unrealistic' expectation that her employer should have delayed making her role redundant until after her parental leave, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. » more »
A union ignored its redundancy obligations to an employee to such an extent its approach was "akin to a summary dismissal". » more »
An employer that stood down an employee in light of reduced demand for her work did so in contravention of the Fair Work Act, and has been ordered to reinstate her previous hours. » more »
A union has successfully appealed against a ruling that reduced an unrepresented employee's redundancy entitlement to nil. » more »
An employee who accused a Fair Work Commissioner of bias and bullying has partially won an unfair dismissal appeal on procedural fairness grounds. » more »
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