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Sacking for "slur" upheld despite HR shortcomings

A bartender who mistakenly believed they had been sacked subsequently provided a valid reason for summary dismissal by calling their managers "c—ts" in a staff Facebook group farewell spray, the FWC has held, while a HR process "devoid of sophistication" did not make it unfair.

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