The FWC has tossed out an unfair dismissal claim from a government lawyer responsible for overseeing safe workplaces, finding he fully understood the seriousness of "wilfully and persistently" refusing to confirm his COVID-19 vaccination status.
A Sydney Trains employee has won his job back after he was initially convicted of assaulting a Year 8 student by hugging and kissing her on a platform, the FWC first seeking feedback on whether to move him to another station or role.
Australia's largest tertiary education sector employer has commended the regulatory inclusion of s-xual harassment among instances of serious misconduct as having produced a "nuanced" shift wherein the emphasis is no longer on why perpetrators should be dismissed, but rather on why they "should not" be sacked.
A foreign exchange dealer sacked after unwittingly becoming entangled in a $23,000 fraud will have his unfair dismissal case reheard after a FWC bench agreed a tribunal member found him in "serious breach" of a company policy that did not exist.
A Victorian Police fingerprint expert has been reinstated after the FWC found her dismissal for "deceitfully" calling her detective husband's ex-lover during work hours both disproportionate and harsh in terms of its financial impact.
An employer had no basis for summarily dismissing a real estate employee who tested positive for COVID-19 five days after ignoring directions to wear a mask when inspecting the property of an aged care worker, the FWC has found.
A court has rebuffed a safety manager's attempt to unearth physical evidence that Watpac sacked him as a result of union pressure rather than for allegedly instigating anonymous threats to a CFMMEU delegate and his partner.
A tribunal has thrown out a supermarket worker's discrimination case against the SDA, finding it an abuse of process and a relitigation of a matter that first surfaced in 2017.
The FWC has ordered an ASX-listed company to compensate a casual sacked for falsifying timesheets and failing to take proper breaks, finding his request to convert to permanency prompted the audit that uncovered his breaches.
