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A business owner who sacked an injured worker because she was on leave when he sold his business has been ordered to pay her nearly $19,000 in compensation.

There is a "qualitative difference" between swearing in the workplace and swearing at a colleague, the Fair Work Commission has affirmed, in finding an employer fairly sacked a worker for verbally abusing his manager.

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a worker who threatened to shoot his supervisor was fairly sacked, and found the supervisor had reasonable grounds to be concerned about his safety.

An employer that asked a worker to look for another job "for OH&S reasons" after he suffered heart problems has failed to defend an adverse action claim in the Federal Circuit Court.

A sick worker who was sacked after being absent for more than 10 months can claim adverse action, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled, finding a dismissal can still be unlawful beyond the three months considered "temporary absence" under the Fair Work Act.

The Fair Work Commission has ruled in favour of an injured worker who was sacked for allegedly lying to his employer and WorkCover about his medical restrictions.

The Fair Work Commission has slammed a major employer for sacking a worker for "serious misconduct" that occurred after he was diagnosed with "acute stress reaction".

A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld an earlier decision that it was lawful and reasonable for an employer to direct an injured worker to be assessed by a company-preferred doctor before returning to work.

In separate adverse action rulings in the Federal Circuit Court, a solicitor who was sacked after he "misconducted himself" due to ill health has been awarded more than $100,000, while a second solicitor's claim has been rejected.

A major employer has been ordered to reinstate a worker who was sacked for starting a fight, while the Victorian Government has introduced a new system for responding to patient violence in public hospitals.