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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.

A recent FWC full bench decision (which defined the meaning of "at work") and other "sensible" bullying-related rulings are good news for employers, according to senior employment lawyers.

A sacked injured worker, who claims he lodged his unfair dismissal application 53 days late because he needed to pursue his workers' comp entitlements first, has been denied an extension of time.

The Productivity Commission is calling for comments on any unintended consequences of Australia's new anti-bullying laws, and other safety-related provisions, as part of its broad inquiry into the workplace relations system.

A worker's claim that she failed a drug test because her drink was spiked during her roster break was scientifically implausible, a commissioner has found, but he commended her employer for properly investigating the issue before sacking her.

Two BHP Coal workers who were sacked for unsafely using their mobile phones while operating heavy machinery have successfully challenged their dismissals in the Fair Work Commission.

A recent full Federal Court decision confirms that an employee's poor performance or misconduct cannot be excused automatically by a medical condition, according to law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.