Published 14 September 2016 An employer was ordered to pay one-week remuneration to a dismissed employee after the Fair Work Commission found the termination was unfair and unreasonable despite serious misconduct due to the erroneous approach taken by the employer. Mr Jimenez commenced employment with Accent Group T/A Platypus Shoes (Australia) Pty Ltd (“The Respondent”) […]

Published 14 September 2016 The Fair Work Commission dismissed the application for permission to appeal against a decision, finding the Commissioner’s decisions were appropriate and there was no error of substance. Hammon made an application for permission to appeal against a decision after the Commission ruled that an order to stop bullying could not be […]

Published 13 September 2016 The Workers Compensation Commission rejected the grounds of appeal of Tudor Capital Australia Pty Ltd after a case where they were found liable for the death of an employee after a cardiac arrest relating to work. Grant Andrew Christensen (the deceased) was an employee of Tudor Capital Australia Pty Ltd (Tudor […]

Published 11 September 2016 A man who worked for the State Transit Authority was denied his appeal against the decision to dismiss him by the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales. The decision to uphold his termination was on the basis of the former employee’s lack of candour to his employer and to the […]

Published 11 September 2016 A Court has recently found that a company did not take adverse action by dismissing an employee who threatened to take sick leave after having his annual leave request denied. On 21 April 2014, Mr Stephen Byrne, a mine worker for Anglo Coal, applied for two days of annual leave for […]

Published 11 September 2016 On appeal the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission have overturned an unfair dismissal decision. At first instance Commission Booth held, amongst other reasons, that the dismissal was unfair due to the employer not genuinely keeping an open mind when putting the allegations of misconduct to the employee. The Full […]