FWC accepts six-minutes-late dismissal claim; Creative crane driver fails to win job back; FWC member showed no real or apparent bias, says bench; and Tribunal douses smoker's bid to win job back.
The FWC has rejected a marketing director's anti-bullying claim, finding her "election" to be "treated as being dismissed" in 2012 and her pursuit of an unfair dismissal claim, meant she was no longer an employee at risk of future bullying.
The FWC has rejected an employee's claims that St Vincent de Paul Society NSW sacked him for a prohibited reason after he lodged bullying complaints, but has criticised the employer's HR practices.
Proceedings brought by FSU national secretary Fiona Jordan against her union have returned to the Fair Work Commission, as an internal power struggle continues.
A veteran Qantas flight attendant who won her job back in 2014 after winning an unfair dismissal case is back in the FWC, with the airline this week failing to block the tribunal from hearing her anti-bullying application.
The FWC has refused to issue anti-bullying orders against a high-profile Adelaide restaurant because it implemented positive measures to tackle unreasonable behaviour.
FWC refuses extension for AWU adverse action case against gas companies; Mental health hospitalisation deemed "exceptional circumstances"; Violent confrontation not an exercise of workplace rights; and Manager's "kicked like a dog" complaint did not lead to adverse action: Court.
A construction company - which came to the attention of the Heydon Royal Commission for paying AWU membership fees on behalf of employees, even if they were not members - has been ordered to pay $1.3 million in damages after admitting it failed to prevent a female labourer being s-xually harassed and bullied by her workmates.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a resident caretaker of a luxury resort, even though he is manager, is a "worker" eligible to pursue an anti-bullying claim.
