The FWC has backed Amazon's sacking of an injured worker who refused to have an independent medical examination, while another employer's income protection policy has weighed in favour of finding it not unfair to dismiss an incapacitated diesel fitter.
The FWC has found an employer that accused a carpenter of submitting a "fake doctor's certificate" complied with the small business fair dismissal code when it summarily sacked him.
An employer remained in the dark about the extent of a worker's acute mental health crisis after she attempted to take her own life, and reasonably concluded that she had abandoned her employment, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer's request for a medical certificate demonstrating a senior manager's fitness for work after an extended absence would have been unlawful and unreasonable if his contract had not required him to participate in medical examinations.
A court has ordered Airservices Australia to reinstate a would-be firefighter who claims it discriminated him against him because of his type 1 diabetes.
The FWC has finally brought the curtain down on a legal secretary's "spiteful" six-year campaign against her sacking, finding her "incredibly patient" employer had a valid reason to dismiss her after she blocked it from assessing her reasons for a lengthy absence.
The FWC has upheld a law firm's dismissal of a solicitor accused of "gaming" its timekeeping system to boost a junior colleague's billable hours and telling an opposing practitioner his client was a "c-nt".
Australia can learn from the "disappointing" under-utilisation of Spain's groundbreaking menstrual leave entitlement during its first year, due to fear of discrimination at work and the limitations of its model, according to an employment lawyer.
The FWC has warned employers against giving "generic and blanket HR answers" when they provide their "reasonable business grounds" for knocking back flexibility requests, before ultimately rejecting a bid from a worker with challenging caring responsibilities to continue working entirely from home.
The FWC has refused to further delay a sick legal secretary's unfair dismissal hearing after almost six years of adjournments, and will consider any further extension requests "vexatious".
