An employer that promptly addressed a safety superintendent's "serious and urgent" performance issues acted unreasonably, the Queensland IRC has ruled in a workers' comp dispute.
A manager who was sacked over a safety breach has been granted an extension of time to pursue his unfair dismissal claim, after the Fair Work Commission found his employer had given him the false impression that his dismissal might be reversed.
A worker has been awarded compensation for a psychological injury, after a tribunal found his employer suspended him based on the mistaken belief that he had been charged with necrophilia.
Employers need to be vigilant and thorough when managing short and long-term absences of ill and injured workers, according to a DLA Piper lawyer, who outlines best-practice steps to doing so.
An employer's decision to verbally counsel a worker, who unintentionally contributed to a colleague's injuries and destroyed a $1.2 million truck, was appropriate and reasonable, according to the Fair Work Commission.
An HR manager acted unreasonably in failing to gauge whether a worker was able to continue with a surprise two-hour meeting, during which the worker was bombarded with allegations of bullying and harassment, the ACT Supreme Court has found.
The Victorian Magistrates Court has rejected a manager's claim that his psychological injury arose from being overworked and bullied by managers, finding he sustained it after he was suspended for abusing colleagues.
A judge has rejected a worker's claim that her employer took adverse action against her in sacking her for making a bullying complaint against managers, finding she was dismissed for performance issues and reacting poorly to criticism.
