A mineworker who along with his workmates bullied a hardworking colleague and used their vehicles to box him in on a highway has failed to convince the FWC he was unfairly dismissed.
An accountant suspended and sent on "home leave" for his failure to honour a sale of business transaction and misdirecting company funds will receive seven months' salary because his employer failed to formally dismiss him, the Victorian Supreme Court has found.
Employee sacked for failing to disclose Uber employment; Dismissal for breach of new zero tolerance drug policy warranted, says FWC; Commission reinstates employee after finding employer's policies lacked clarity; CFMEU organisers acted improperly when inspecting site on safety grounds.
Sacked worker fails in bid to have court online records 'anonymised'; Compensation awarded after "This isn't a job for a pregnant person" dismissal; Six years of unpaid leave costs employer $54,000.
Orders to reinstate a union delegate made redundant during a 2014 coal industry restructure will stand, despite a majority Federal Court decision setting aside findings that the employee was targeted.
A shoe store manager who committed a retail "mortal sin" when he took cash from a customer and failed to account for it until a week later was unfairly sacked because his employer made significant procedural errors that included luring him to a meeting under false pretences, the FWC has found.
An employee made redundant 12 days before lodging a dispute with the FWC can challenge his redundancy after the Commission rejected the employer's jurisdictional objection that he wasn't covered by the agreement at the time.
A Perth hire company has been ordered to pay $25,500 in penalties after sacking a mobile crane operator when he asked about unpaid overtime and threatened to involve the union.
A scientist whose seniority weighed against her in competing for internal vacancies at one of Australia's leading cancer institutes has been awarded 5.4 weeks' pay after the FWC found insufficient efforts were made at redeployment before her position was terminated.
A BMW dealership has been ordered to pay $25,000 to a former employee who accessed pornography and "lifestyle" sites, after the FWC found procedural failures could have altered the decision to sack him.
