An FWC full bench has expressed "grave reservations" about a member's assessment of compensation for a dismissed worker, in a case that illustrates the limits to the assistance the tribunal can extend to self-represented litigants.
In a decision that canvasses how much assistance the FWC should provide to unrepresented parties, a full Federal Court has found an employer was not denied procedural fairness when the FWC dismissed an appeal notice that was more "diatribe" than pleading and didn't tell the employer to fix it.
An FWC full bench has concluded that a presidential member was wrong to knock out a manager's general protections claim for failure to dispute his dismissal prior to it taking effect.
A self-represented litigant pursuing an unfair dismissal claim already twice rejected by the FWC has been granted a "rare indulgence" after a court allowed him an extension to fix his claim and address concerns the case has no prospects of success.
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Orders to reinstate a union delegate made redundant during a 2014 coal industry restructure will stand, despite a majority Federal Court decision setting aside findings that the employee was targeted.
A nurse sacked for allegedly bullying and harassing colleagues after a workplace dispute has had her unfair dismissal appeal rejected because her claims were nothing more than a "re-run" of the original case, an FWC full bench has found.
In a rare decision to permit an appeal in a dismissal dispute, an FWC full bench has concluded that a presidential member may have wrongly discounted a reason for the late submission of the appellant's original claim.
A senior ATO officer's dismissal for refusing to perform duties has been upheld by a FWC full bench, despite claims he lacked the capacity to do the work.
