Browsing: Termination


TUE
2:50PM

High Court to clarify dismissal-related safety duties, rights

The High Court has agreed to consider quashing the application of allegedly outdated judgments that bar damages for psychiatric injuries caused by dismissal processes, in the case of a worker who was subjected to a sham dismissal after an incident on a work trip.


FRI
3:51PM

"Ethically reprehensible" and repeatedly aggressive manager loses adverse action and WHS claims

A "critical and insensitive" manager who routinely swore at his subordinates in an attempt to motivate them to meet purported "German demands" has lost his adverse action case, with a court finding his behaviour warranted instant dismissal and he wasn't the victim of WHS breaches.



MON
12:24PM

FWC rejects sacked worker's safety claims, highlights seriousness of his Twitter posts

A worker has unsuccessfully claimed he was unfairly sacked for raising safety concerns, with a commission hearing a safety regulator investigated and dismissed his concerns, and finding he was sacked for being unable to perform the inherent requirements of his role.


WED
1:20PM

Injured worker cleared of abandoning employment, FWC questions capacity determinations

A psychologically injured worker has been given the green light to pursue an unfair dismissal remedy, after his employer wrongly determined, from his prolonged absence, that he had abandoned his employment.




THU
12:27PM

25 dismissals ruled unfair after WHS consultation failures

A major employer's failure to consult workers on a controversial WHS mandate created a "paradigm of opposition" in the workforce and led to a large number of workers being unfairly dismissed, a commission has ruled in a 529-paragraph judgment.



MON
2:16PM

BMA penalised for banning labour-hire workers for safety complaints, union says tide is turning

A major organisation partly run by BHP has been fined $120,000 for undermining safety protections, and ordered to pay compensation to labour-hire personnel who were targeted after exercising their workplace rights over a dimly lit area and lightning storms.


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