The FWC has upheld the summary dismissal of a postie caught speeding on his motorcycle on the footpath and "hanging out", in a ruling that exposes the extent to which Australia Post tracks the location, speed and work intensity of its workers.
The FWC has ruled that an employer needed to demonstrate that a long-serving worker intentionally stole sweets she consumed at work to justify her summary dismissal, and ordered $24,000 in compensation.
The FWC has ordered a Catholic school to reinstate the partner of a convicted murderer who became involved in publicity about her case, finding the employer failed to give him clear written directions and properly inform him of the cumulative reasons for his dismissal.
A driver sacked in part for placing p-rnography in a staff area and complaining about the number of work-related WhatsApp groups has won more than $6000 compensation, after the FWC criticised the employer's "relaxed" attitude to the dismissal process.
An employer that refused to engage in the FWC's consideration of an unfair dismissal case has been ordered to pay $40,000 to a supervisor sacked for letting employees use a shackled emergency exit with an A4 printed "no entry, no exit" sign affixed to it.
Three UWU organisers accused of running a "shadow campaign" over bargaining have withdrawn their unfair dismissal claims after reaching financial settlements with the union.
A database manager's "wise" choice at the time not to challenge his summary sacking for falsifying timesheets contrasted with his "ill advised" decision to contest it in the FWC, a tribunal member has observed.
An early childhood education trainee has won more than $10,000 compensation after the FWC found her employer had no reason to sack her by text based on "vague" examples of misconduct and failure to complete a qualification for which she had not yet been assessed.
A FWC full bench has upheld the reinstatement of a senior academic dismissed for sending "intimate and romantic" messages to a PhD student he supervised.
