A power industry worker who invited a colleague to continue their verbal jousting "outside" and told his supervisor to "get f--ked too" has won his job back after the FWC found his actions out of character in circumstances where he faced significant family health issues and "banter" was part of the workplace culture.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of an experienced electrician burned by a fireball, factoring in his failure to wear a face shield and rejecting his claim that "delirium" made him fudge a risk assessment.
The FWC has applauded an employer for its "strong stance" in sacking a worker who told a toolbox meeting that Chinese people are "taking our jobs", but nevertheless awarded him $4000 compensation because of shortcomings in the dismissal process.
An "outstanding" teacher sacked for messaging students and giving them lifts has been awarded compensation after the FWC found that his dismissal disproportionate, given its "catastrophic" consequences.
The FWC has ordered a BHP subsidiary to reinstate an unfairly dismissed former amateur boxer accused of aggressive behaviour, and deploy him to another mine.
A highly-paid Commonwealth Bank executive has told the FWC he did not deserve to lose his job over accusations that he shared customer information over the popular WeChat Chinese messaging platform and misled the bank's investigators.
Two food delivery service founders have won more than $150,000 in compensation after their sacking by a company chair whose "total disregard" for procedural fairness made it unlikely he would be swayed by HR advice.
A Melbourne Water employee's challenge to his sacking has backfired after a court rejected his contract-breach case and ordered him to repay $12,000 in "reverse-engineered" car mileage claims.
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.
