Stevedoring giant DP World was entitled to summarily dismiss an MUA delegate who called a colleague a "f--king lagger" and instructed another worker to lie in a related investigation, and the sacking did not amount to adverse action, the Federal Court has ruled today.
Full bench in test case on casual qualifying period; Cooling-off for unfair dismissal settlement recognised; No extension of time for employee who evaded retrenchment notice.
A Fair Work Commission member denied an employer procedural fairness when he allowed a self-represented unfair dismissal applicant to escape cross examination by giving unsworn evidence from the bar table, a full bench has ruled.
A confectionery company's direction to its production workers to shift their jobs 34km across Sydney's southern suburbs breached their rights under their enterprise agreements and employment contracts, a FWC full bench has ruled today.
The NSW Supreme Court has ruled that the ANZ Bank did not need to prove that an executive leaked a doctored email to the media before sacking him without notice, only that it had formed the "opinion" that he had.
A retail chain could have avoided unfairly sacking a strongly performing store manager for refusing a substantial pay cut if it had utilised its in-house HR expertise, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An ATO manager's conviction for indecency against a minor constituted a breach of the APS code of conduct that justified his dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A FWC full bench has ruled that in assessing whether reinstatement is appropriate in an unfair dismissal case, the tribunal should not take into account any ill-will arising from continuing legal proceedings between an employee and an employer.
The CEPU's delay in raising a jurisdictional objection has thwarted its bid to recoup legal costs from an employee who pursued an unfair dismissal claim despite earning more than the salary cap.
Four senior financial employees who argued a misrepresented retention rewards scheme induced them to stay with St George Bank during its merger with Westpac, which then retrenched them, have failed in their primary Federal Court action against the merged bank.