A member of a "very large" employer's six-strong "lean" HR team has convinced the FWC that complex argument over whether a sacked self-represented worker is an employee or contractor justifies external legal representation.
The FWC has substantially reduced the compensation payout to an underpaid sacked 457 visa worker because ordering a larger amount might have threatened his employer's viability.
The FWC has ordered a labour hire company to return a casual mineworker to her former position at a BHP Coal mine, despite late evidence that the mining giant that ordered her removal won't consider reinstatement.
A senior FWC member has given short shrift to four Patrick Projects workers who blamed their no-show at an unfair dismissal hearing on a "double booking" by the Commission.
An Aboriginal corporation has been ordered to pay total compensation of $67,503 to three cultural heritage field officers sacked after failing to prove ancestral connections, including $15,000 in general damages for "emotional upset".
An FWC member should have drawn a software tracking company's attention to the small business fair dismissal code before ordering it to pay $70,000 to a former employee, a full bench has found.
A sacked Flight Attendants Association manager has failed to convince an FWC full bench to grant a one-day extension to appeal on the basis she lacked legal expertise, had "nightmares" re-reading her case and was declared by an Ayurvedic practitioner to be experiencing stress.
A landmark unfair dismissal case involving a former delivery rider for Foodora Australia Pty Ltd is set to continue tomorrow, despite the company last month going into voluntary administration.
The Australian Electoral Commission was entitled to summarily sack a team leader for fudging industrial election figures to mask errors made by an inexperienced colleague, the FWC has found.
