Browsing: Discipline (250 items)


Misconduct warranted ambo's relocation: Tribunal

After a FWC full bench finding that bullying must be assessed within a "spectrum of seriousness", a member has affirmed in redetermining a paramedic's challenge to a 350km transfer that his treatment of a subordinate constituted serious misconduct.


FWC backs AFL sending-off elite umpires coach

The FWC has upheld the dismissal of long-serving AFL umpire and coach Frank Kalayzich, who claimed to be the victim of HR bias and a CCTV footage "ambush" after he manhandled a jogger at North Sydney Oval and frog-marched him to the exit gate.


"Private" Signal messages bite IR inspector

A former Queensland Office of IR principal inspector has failed to halt disciplinary action over incendiary messages he exchanged with colleagues on the Signal app over plans to close his business unit, including saying he was ready to "b-tch-flog" a female boss and use a piece of "4x2 with rusty nails".


ABC fine a warning against caving to cancel culture

Senior ABC managers failed to consult in-house IR and legal experts and "blithely ignored" risks when the organisation "capitulated" to critics and sacked presenter Antoinette Lattouf over her political views on the Gaza war, which warranted a substantial penalty to deter a recurrence, Federal Court judge Darryl Rangiah found today.


Court orders ABC to pay $150,000 penalty to Lattouf

The Federal Court has today ordered the ABC to pay former presenter Antoinette Lattouf a fine of $150,000 for unlawfully sacking her for reasons including her political opinion opposing the Gaza war and breaching its enterprise agreement.


Swearing, bikini-pic-sharing wharfie subbed back in

The FWC has reinstated a "careless" Qube stevedore accused of telling a colleague he put his c-ck in their Subway sandwich and calling another a c-nt, while already on a warning for showing pictures of bikini-clad female colleagues to male co-workers.


"Reckless" car chase justifies sacking: FWC

A Victorian corruption watchdog operative's "reckless and unsafe" close pursuit of a Mercedes fleeing a minor accident warranted his dismissal, the FWC has ruled.


Made-up texts justified HR manager's sacking: FWC

The FWC has found that a senior HR manager's fabrication of a text message from a colleague - which discredited allegations she made against him - amounted to "a complete fiction that even the famed spy story novelist John Le Carré would have been impressed by" and warranted his summary dismissal despite procedural deficiencies.


$64,000 payout for worker who refused breath test

The FWC has found an employer unreasonably directed a worker to take a breath test without clearly explaining why, and then unfairly summarily dismissed her for refusing it.


Translation to help worker understand employer's "concerns"

The FWC has reinstated a dairy worker and translated its ruling into his Rohingya language to ensure he understands the concerns that led to his sacking, while also warning the employer it needs to better manage the challenges of a diverse workforce.


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