In a sign of the FWC's growing frustration with not just the number of applications flowing across its desk but the prevalence of applicants dropping off the map, a member has lamented a worker's "disconcerting" failure to engage with the tribunal and the concomitant waste of valuable "time and resources".
In a decision highlighting the need to confirm an employee's intentions before taking an ambiguous or emotionally charged exchange to be a resignation, the FWC will continue hearing a farm hand's unfair dismissal case after rejecting the employer's argument that he quit of his own volition.
A barrister who moonlights as an umpire can proceed with her general protections claim against Tennis Australia after the FWC determined that TA employed her as a casual when it blocked her access to tournaments for allegedly breaching undertakings to never criticise its management of the sport.
A FWC full bench has ruled that Corrections Victoria dismissed a prison officer when it demoted and transferred him, clearing the way for him to proceed with his unfair dismissal claim.
A sacked crane driver can proceed with his late dismissal challenge after the FWC found the blame lay squarely with his union for belatedly obtaining legal advice about which jurisdiction to file it in.
The FWC has found that an employee of an Australian company who lives and works in New Zealand can bring an unfair dismissal claim, because the employer received his emailed contract acceptance in Victoria.
A HR/IR manager who resigned briefly before taking up a casual position with the same employer has fallen short of the minimum period for pursuing an unfair dismissal case, despite assurances her continuity of employment would be preserved.
An employee pressing to solely work from home did not abandon or repudiate her employment by moving interstate against the employer's express wishes, the FWC has found.
An alleged whistleblower's explosive allegations against franchising business Jim's Group may be headed for hearing, after a court gave him an extension of time and let him file an amended claim.
