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Sacked for refusing assessment, not for complaining: Court

A court has thrown out an adverse action case pursued by an Aldi truck driver sacked for refusing a psychological assessment, noting he might have been better off making an unfair dismissal claim.

$100,000 payout for post-complaint sacking

A manager dismissed in an "elaborate and sophisticated scheme" after he made a complaint has won almost $100,000 in damages and penalties for his "non-paragon" employer's unlawful adverse action.


RSPCA gone to the dogs: Claim

RSPCA Queensland's former general manager and chief financial officer are suing it for allegedly subjecting them to sham redundancies in retaliation for "whistleblowing" corruption claims levelled at its chief executive, a HR manager and others.

Amazon colleague took credit for my work: Manager

An Amazon IT manager seeking reinstatement or more than $1 million compensation claims the $4 trillion-dollar giant sacked him after he complained that a US-based manager took credit for a project solved by his team.

Bribery accusation potentially criminal, warns FWC

A FWC member has warned a hotel quarantine worker that he might have committed a criminal offence by accusing her of colluding with Victoria's health department and claiming it offered her a bribe to reject his general protections claim.

Sacked hours after surrogacy parental leave notice: Claim

A sales director allegedly dismissed just five hours after he told his chief operating officer that he intended to take unpaid parental leave on the birth of his two surrogate children is seeking compensation and a pecuniary penalty for alleged unlawful adverse action, but the company says the claim is baseless.

Bunnings sacked me for harassment in former job: Claim

An accountant previously held to have s-xually harassed a supervisor is now challenging his dismissal from a new job as a pricing coordinator at Bunnings, accusing it of discriminating against him with "outright vengeful intent" when it became aware of his history.

Unlawfully sacked worker not entitled to penalties: Court

An unlawfully sacked IT worker has missed out on $80,000 in fines levied against his former employer, because of his active involvement in a convoluted scheme designed to attract government research funding.