A full Federal Court has found a Catholic employer terminated the employment of a school coordinator who had been charged over indecent assault of a minor, opening the way for him to pursue his unfair dismissal claim in the Fair Work Commission.
The FWC has found a roof tiler is an employee who can make an unfair dismissal claim, ruling his employer created an independent contracting "façade" to suit its own purposes and avoid paying his entitlements.
An FWC member ventured beyond the tribunal's private arbitration powers when he ruled on a dispute over the sacking of a probationary employee, a full bench has found.
A garbage truck driver sacked for urinating in a CBD laneway during his shift has won his job back after the Fair Work Commission found he paid too high a price for his misconduct.
An Australia Post employee who two decades ago won the support of then shadow IR minister John Howard in postal union elections has failed to win his job back after an FWC full bench rejected his appeal.
An FWC full bench has expressed "grave reservations" about a member's assessment of compensation for a dismissed worker, in a case that illustrates the limits to the assistance the tribunal can extend to self-represented litigants.
In a decision that canvasses how much assistance the FWC should provide to unrepresented parties, a full Federal Court has found an employer was not denied procedural fairness when the FWC dismissed an appeal notice that was more "diatribe" than pleading and didn't tell the employer to fix it.
An FWC full bench has concluded that a presidential member was wrong to knock out a manager's general protections claim for failure to dispute his dismissal prior to it taking effect.
A self-represented litigant pursuing an unfair dismissal claim already twice rejected by the FWC has been granted a "rare indulgence" after a court allowed him an extension to fix his claim and address concerns the case has no prospects of success.
"Redundant" safety advisor wins extension of time; Casual whose name was dropped from list loses appeal; Poor advice from national embassy wins 457 employee claim extension.