Published 31 August 2016 The New South Wales Court of Appeal overturned a 2014 ruling and ordered ANZ to pay $110,000 in damages to an employee who was summarily dismissed after alleged serious misconduct. In 2012, Mr Bartlett was summarily dismissed from his position as State Director of ANZ’s Institutional Property Group due to alleged […]

Published 31 August 2016 The Supreme Court of Victoria found an employer failed to ‘take reasonable care to avoid any foreseeable risk of psychiatric injury’ to an employee, after he collapsed at work, made regular complaints and exhibited noticeable behavioural and personality changes. Mr Roussety commenced employment at Castricum Brothers Pty Ltd, an abattoir and […]

Published 16 July 2016 The Fair Work Commission found that the dismissal of an ATO employee for not performing his duties was a valid reason for dismissal and was not unfair, unjust or unreasonable. Mr Shamir was employed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as a Senior Case Profiling Officer, which was classified as the […]

Published 11 July 2016 In Australia, taking a sickie has unfortunately become a part of many workplace cultures, with some employees believing that it is their workplace entitlement to take a sick day whenever they feel like it, whether it is because they want to enjoy a long weekend by taking Friday or Monday off […]

Published 10 July 2016 The Brisbane Youth Service Inc was ordered to pay over $1.5 million in damages after the Supreme Court of Queensland found it had breached its duty of care, resulting in an employee sustaining psychiatric injuries from sexual assault. Ms Lindsey Beven commenced employment with the Brisbane Youth Service Inc (“BYS”) as […]

Published 2 July 2016 The Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission has found an employee liable for sex discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace against a female colleague. The employer who the claim was also brought against was not found vicariously liable for the discrimination and harassment as they took reasonable steps to prevent this. Mrs […]