In a "rare" decision, the Fair Work Commission has overturned a worker's dismissal for serious safety breaches, after finding the investigation report was inaccurate and the employer treated another worker more favourably.
An employer has been fined more than $20,000 for sacking an injured worker without proper notice after a workers' comp regulator decided he was unable to perform any duties for the company.
A worker's "torrid" abuse of a colleague at a conference constituted "repeated and unreasonable behaviour", within the meaning of bullying, even though it lasted little more than 20 minutes, the Fair Work Commission has found.
How easy is it for your workers to understand and comply with your safety systems? This is a vital question employers must ask themselves before sacking someone for safety breaches, an OHS lawyer says.
An employer took adverse action against a worker in terminating her employment after she complained that her boss called her a "slut", the Federal Circuit Court has found.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a worker's claim that she was forced to resign because her employer failed to properly deal with her bullying allegations while she was on extended sick leave.
A worker's dismissal for fighting was harsh given his employer's history of tolerating "foul language" from both managers and employees, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A commissioner has censured an employer for sacking a worker over a "serious" safety incident when it hadn't even conducted a risk assessment of the relevant task.
An employer directly discriminated against an injured worker when it sacked him for being unable to perform the inherent requirements of his role without accurately determining what that role actually was, a tribunal has found.
An employer has been ordered to pay nearly $12,000 to a worker it sacked for breaching its drug and alcohol policy, after the Fair Work Commission found it unfairly gave him a first and final warning for failing to tag-out a machine eight months earlier.
