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No compensation for unvaxxed worker despite unfair sacking

The FWC has awarded zero compensation to an unvaccinated former Boeing worker at the same time as it has lambasted the subsidiary that unfairly sacked him for failing to inform him of the result of his redeployment bid.


Re-hearing delivers no change for sacked forex dealer

A foreign exchange dealer has come up empty-handed after he overturned his dismissal on appeal, with the FWC on re-hearing the case taking little time to reject his claim that the "punishment did not fit the crime".

Stay for teacher accused of s-x with student

A tribunal has stayed a teacher's unfair dismissal claim while he awaits the result of his "working with children" check, after the NSW Department of Education sacked him for allegedly contacting a student on Grindr and then having s-x with him at school.


"Cultural duty" doesn't displace employment obligations: FWC

The FWC has ordered a company to compensate a long-serving 72-year-old worker sacked via a text declaring it had made his position "an honorary role", after hearing its general manager felt he had a cultural duty to show respect for his elders and sought to soften the blow.


Manager "exploited" power imbalance with migrant employer: FWC

In a rare instance of the "power imbalance" between employer and employee being reversed, the FWC has found that a worker hired to help a migrant family earn a business visa by running a regional bakery unilaterally reduced his hours without cutting his pay.

Labour supplier failed in duty to accidental thief: FWC

The FWC has found that although a worker's accidental removal of tools from a mine site provided a valid reason, his sacking was unfair because his labour hire employer failed to investigate the incident and didn't give him proper notice, or the opportunity to respond.

Disability worker denied sporting chance over accreditation: FWC

A trainee disability therapist sacked for failing to complete the necessary accreditation has won compensation after the FWC found his employer gave him insufficient time to correct the situation following his "confrontational" response to being stood-down.