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"Genuine" apology helps reduce fine for sports giant

A "wealthy" global sports company's mistaken belief that a sacked manager took unapproved days off has contributed to a judge finding that it should be hit with only 25% of the maximum penalty for taking three months to pay out his annual leave entitlements.

No stay for employer seeking to defend bushfire sacking

Construction giant Laing O'Rourke has failed to block consideration of compensation and penalties while it appeals a finding that it unlawfully sacked a manager over an altercation at a party during a bushfire recovery project.

Don't adopt Fair Work Act's "misshapen wheel": Latham

As the Minns Labor Government prepares to introduce further IR amendments in NSW, the lawyer involved in one of the first adverse action cases brought under the Fair Work Act has told a conference the one thing he would not recommend is adopting the federal legislation's general protections provisions.

Academic's 'cancel culture' win overturned by full court

Sydney University will not have to reinstate a lecturer sacked five years ago for superimposing a swastika on an image of an Israeli flag, after a full Federal Court majority found he could not prove that his "incendiary" conduct fell under intellectual freedom protections.

Airport worker's emails to high fliers warrant extension: FWC

The FWC has extended time for a Swissport worker to pursue a four-minute late adverse action claim given the "significant steps" he took to dispute his sacking, including sending unanswered emails to the company's head of Asia Pacific operations, global chief people officer and head of global operations.

$12K costs against AAT associate who wanted to "box on"

A migration agent accused of having active cases in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal after he started working for it as an associate must pay $12,000 towards its legal costs after pursuing an unsuccessful adverse action claim challenging his sacking.

Early move to "sever" fixed term contract a dismissal: FWC

A training officer employed on a fixed term contract can proceed with his adverse action case against a volunteer rescue organisation after the FWC accepted that it sacked him when it told him two weeks before its expiry that it would not be renewed.

HR professor's Pride flag objection falls flat

A HR professor who describes himself as "against woke nonsense" has failed to persuade a FWC member that he should recuse himself from hearing his general protections application because his chambers' email signature features the LGBTIQ+ flag.

Construction manager's sacking on shaky foundations: Court

In what stands as a forensic analysis of disciplinary process failings, a judge in a near-300-page judgment has found that a construction giant took adverse action against a senior manager when it sacked him for allegedly intimidating property owners while partying during the 2020 bushfire recovery effort.

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