In a significant decision on calculating compensation for unfairly dismissed workers, a FWC full bench has held that the tribunal should not have reduced a worker's payout to factor in income received months after her anticipated earnings period.
The FWC has ordered an alpine resort operator to pay $14,000 to a former general manager sacked over allegations he covertly overpaid his partner and allowed staff to drive company vehicles while drunk or high on drugs.
The FWC has ordered the reinstatement of a worker sacked while on remand as he faced stalking and domestic violence charges, finding his employer's reliance on the criminal allegations "premature" and "unjust".
A cancer-stricken helicopter pilot who hadn't worked in more than three years still had six months of long service leave owing when sacked for supposedly "frustrating" his contract, the FWC has found.
A senior FWC member has upheld the sacking of a prison guard for propositioning a colleague, but not before describing his multinational employer's investigation of the matter as "woeful".
The FWC has extended time for a rigger to pursue his alleged sacking because of a union campaign targeting "unskilled backpackers" who supposedly secured offshore jobs ahead of experienced gas and oil workers.
A NSW IRC full bench has upheld a ruling that a sacked interpreter breached a Commission practice note by failing to seek leave to file AI-generated material that then turned out to be inaccurate, warning that unrepresented applicants cannot expect leniency after such transgressions.
High Court rebuffs academic pay challenge; "No guarantee" lawyers will respond before deadline, says FWC; ABC presenter free to contest sacking; and Bench rejects consolidation order appeal.
FWC to make rare costs order after drug dealing admission; Sacking over flight delay unfair; Text message proves worker resigned; and FIFO worker dismissed when employer stopped paying for flights.
The FWC has upheld Westpac's sacking of a veteran loan manager found to have accepted payments from customers and misused WhatsApp, with the tribunal rejecting his claims that it carried out a sham investigation in retaliation for his "whistleblowing".
