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 »
Termination (805 items)
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 »
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 »
'Misleading' exec sacked for serious misconduct loses adverse action claim
An employer has defended sacking a chief operating officer who misled its board in a "serious and material way", with the Federal Circuit Court rejecting his adverse action claim. » 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 »
Expelled on-hire worker reinstated to host site
The Fair Work Commission has ordered a labour hire company to reinstate a sacked on-hire worker to his role, against the host employer's wishes. » more »
Consultation steps fell short of "meaningful": FWC
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 »
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