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An injured worker's claim that he was entitled to return home immediately after clocking on because he was "on call" has been rejected in an unfair dismissal 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.

• Worker wasn't sacked for complaining to safety regulator; and
  
• Blood-test Bill protects all emergency workers in SA.

An employer was entitled to sack a worker for deliberately disobeying its zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policy, even though there was no evidence his drug-taking caused a safety incident, a full Federal Court has confirmed.

The Fair Work Commission has upheld a company's sacking of a supervisor who risked a "catastrophic explosion" when he interrupted the operation of plant to conduct training and left it running unsafely for several hours.

The Fair Work Commission has found that an employer will be in breach of the Fair Work Act if it dismisses an injured worker - who is unable to perform the inherent requirements of his role - while he receives income support from a "sick leave pool".

Encouraging employees to socialise out of hours is good leadership practice, but employers should reconsider whether such encouragement extends to "kicking on" into the night, a Fair Work Commissioner has said in an unfair dismissal dispute.

An electrical worker was validly sacked for failing to conduct a pre-task risk assessment twice within two months, the Fair Work Commission has found.

A Fair Work Commissioner has slammed a sacked worker for "acting the eejit" and groping a waitress while staying at a hotel, in finding his employer had "good grounds" to dismiss him.

Introducing or changing drug and alcohol policies that include testing regimes create both opportunities and challenges for employers, which must consider consultation, privacy and a host of other matters throughout the process, an international law firm says.