A FWC presidential member has made it clear that he has no patience for applicants who go "incommunicado" once a case begins, asserting that the Commission has the right to "control its own process" to avoid "pointless time wasting".
The FWC has awarded $10,000 compensation to a sacked worker after a HR manager failed to explain why she took stress leave following his "unannounced" visit to her office to respond to a warning letter.
The FWC has stopped short of reinstating a wharfie potentially not "in the right mind" when he resigned in 2024, after the tribunal became aware of his recent incarceration for stalking radio star Jackie 'O' Henderson.
A senior FWC member has used an experienced Jetstar aircraft maintenance engineer's unsuccessful challenge to his sacking to emphasise that "hazing" is no longer considered "funny", after he left two apprentices stranded six metres in the air under a Boeing 787 wing while he went to lunch.
The FWC has upheld the summary dismissal of a postie caught speeding on his motorcycle on the footpath and "hanging out", in a ruling that exposes the extent to which Australia Post tracks the location, speed and work intensity of its workers.
The FWC has ruled that an employer needed to demonstrate that a long-serving worker intentionally stole sweets she consumed at work to justify her summary dismissal, and ordered $24,000 in compensation.
A senior FWC member has used a transcription service worker's unfair deactivation application to examine and narrow the legislative definition of "digital labour platform", finding an online business does not fall into the category because jobs are allocated by humans rather than algorithms.
A FWC presidential member has blasted the "exceptionally and embarrassingly poor" service provided by a law firm held responsible for filing a garbage collector's general protections matter 125 days' late.
The FWC has ordered a Catholic school to reinstate the partner of a convicted murderer who became involved in publicity about her case, finding the employer failed to give him clear written directions and properly inform him of the cumulative reasons for his dismissal.
