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"Surprising" dual HR role contributed to unfair sacking: FWC

A disability service unfairly sacked a worker for calling its female director a "c--t", the FWC has held, finding its "surprising" reliance on a nurse to perform a dual HR role likely to have contributed to its peremptory approach.

FWC backs supervisor's sacking for role in boozy lunch

The FWC has upheld the sacking of a supervisor summarily dismissed for disobeying a reasonable direction when he allowed his team to drink alcohol while celebrating the completion of a major project.

Worker compensated after alleged "unethical" request

The FWC has resisted speculating about whether an unvaccinated FIFO worker lost his job for refusing to "steal" a competitor's new product from a BHP mine site, but has nevertheless ordered his former employer to pay compensation after finding he could have been redeployed to its Perth workshop.


FWC backs sacking of driver who failed to disclose stroke

A tram driver whose failure to disclose his stroke "strikes at the heart of the employment relationship" has failed to establish that his employer unfairly sacked him, despite one of the employer's doctors breaching confidentiality requirements to set the record straight.

Tribunal spikes questions about Woolies' vax consultations

The FWC has endorsed the consultation process Woolworths used before it rolled-out a group-wide COVID-19 vaccination policy, rejecting a "most unusual" unfair dismissal case in which a worker's social media sprays clashed with his claims that the company left him in the dark.

Sacked lawyer's vax status not a private matter: FWC

The FWC has tossed out an unfair dismissal claim from a government lawyer responsible for overseeing safe workplaces, finding he fully understood the seriousness of "wilfully and persistently" refusing to confirm his COVID-19 vaccination status.

FWC reinstates transport worker who hugged Year 8 student

A Sydney Trains employee has won his job back after he was initially convicted of assaulting a Year 8 student by hugging and kissing her on a platform, the FWC first seeking feedback on whether to move him to another station or role.

FWC asked to ignite slow-burning BHP negotiations

The CFMMEU's mining division has asked the FWC to intervene after almost two years of fruitless bargaining for enterprise agreements covering internal labour hire companies run by BHP's Operations Services.

Fingerprint expert reinstated after fall-out from husband's affair

A Victorian Police fingerprint expert has been reinstated after the FWC found her dismissal for "deceitfully" calling her detective husband's ex-lover during work hours both disproportionate and harsh in terms of its financial impact.