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Rail worker back onboard after sacking for fraud

The FWC has reinstated a Metro Trains Melbourne station officer after finding no justification for her sacking over fraudulent transactions on the Myki smartcard ticketing system.


Alcohol breach in "high risk" environment justified dismissal: FWC

The FWC has accepted an employer's argument that the "paramount" importance it placed on OHS justified its sacking of a long-serving employee with an "unblemished history" who recorded more than twice the workplace blood alcohol limit after drinking four glasses of red wine the previous evening.


Dismissal for explicit Facebook post valid but harsh

The FWC has found it was harsh to dismiss a nurse who tagged two colleagues to a s-xually explicit Facebook video and said they were "slamming" each other, set-up a mock masturbation scene on a workmate's desk and referred to a senior manager in crude derogatory terms.

S-xually harassing conduct "well over the line": Tribunal

A decorated senior special constable engaged in extremely serious misconduct in the workplace when he boasted about his s-xual conquests, performed lewd acts with bananas, pretended to "dry hump" a colleague and referred to his p-nis piercings, a tribunal has found.

FWC member understated Qantas employee's dishonesty: Bench

A lie told by a veteran Qantas flight attendant sacked for stealing alcohol has again proven his undoing, with an FWC full bench yesterday quashing an unfair dismissal ruling that put him in line for more than $33,000 in compensation.

Burnt rubber and hot temper justified dismissal: FWC

The FWC has upheld the sacking of an employee for serious misconduct that included his "burnout" outside his workplace and being caught on a security camera making rude gestures.

Salvos failed to properly investigate "theft": Tribunal

The FWC has awarded $20,000 in compensation to a long-serving Salvation Army store manager allegedly caught stealing $200 on camera and has criticised the employer for failing to give her a chance to review the video evidence before her sacking.

FWC upholds DP World's sacking of bullying "big fish"

The FWC has upheld DP World's sacking of a stevedore and self-proclaimed "big fish" in the MUA for bullying two colleagues who stepped outside a worker-maintained "system of control and internal discipline" by taking a complaint to HR.