The FWC has lashed a government department for leaks that sabotaged the job prospects of the former head of its art leasing program after he resigned in the face of adverse misconduct findings.
In what stands as a best-practice model for inherent requirements dismissals, the FWC has endorsed an HR department's handling of a complex case involving an injured storeperson unable to lift more than five kilograms.
The Victorian Department of Parliamentary Services' failure to utilise its HR expertise has contributed to a finding that it unfairly sacked a senior electoral officer on the basis that he lost the trust and confidence of the Labor candidate he served.
A bottle shop attendant told by her manager that she would not be able to work in a bar while pregnant because it was "a bad look" has been awarded almost $40,000 in compensation and penalties, a court finding there was "no doubt" the employer breached adverse action provisions.
Two excavator operators who allegedly belittled trainees with "foul tirades" that left them so shaken one walked off the job have won compensation, the FWC finding their dismissal was procedurally unfair.
A "very bad" employer who used a website builder's alleged probationary period to sack her without warning must pay $20,000 in compensation, the WA IRC has found.
A former Rotary International executive has been awarded $205,000 after a court found his supervisor "set [him] up to fail" a performance improvement plan.
The FWC has found that a church worker was unfairly dismissed when she failed to secure a new role in a restructure, in part because of her fast-held views on same-sex marriage.
A TAFE must reinstate a teacher it sacked after he named a prominent local farmer in a lecture about the effects of chemical sprays, the FWC finding that relating a "factual" 20-year-old anecdote did not amount to misconduct.
