A judge has slammed WorkCover NSW's sacking of one of its senior IT employees, describing the investigation and dismissal process as "shabby", "devoid of any common sense or fairness", having the "characterisation of institutional bullying" and conveying "an attitude of premeditation and witch hunt".
A worker who claimed he was doing nothing more than defending himself when he became involved in a fight with a colleague has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected, after the Fair Work Commission found he "flogged" the colleague.
A worker who was sacked for tampering with monitoring equipment, to conceal unsafe noise levels during blasting work, has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected.
A bus driver was lawfully sacked for using his mobile phone while driving, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting his reliance on an earlier FWC decision in favour of a sacked colleague.
Saliva tests might be better at detecting workers who are, at the time of the test, impaired by drugs or alcohol, but that doesn't mean urine testing is unreasonable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in dismissing a sacked worker's claim.
A worker who claimed she was forced to quit her job because her employer wouldn't investigate her complaints of sexual harassment and bullying has had her unfair dismissal claim rejected.
An injured worker who was sacked for refusing to "constructively participate" in the return-to-work process has had her unfair dismissal claim rejected.
A worker who disregarded his employer's lock-out tag-out (LOTO) procedure because he was "in a hurry" was rightly sacked, the Fair Work Commission has found, in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.
A Victorian human services worker, who left a resident with disability on the side of the road 76km away from his home, sustained a compensable psychological injury as a result of her employer's protracted investigation into the incident, a magistrate has found.
