A senior FWC member has upheld the sacking of a prison guard for propositioning a colleague, but not before describing his multinational employer's investigation of the matter as "woeful".
A NSW IRC full bench has upheld a ruling that a sacked interpreter breached a Commission practice note by failing to seek leave to file AI-generated material that then turned out to be inaccurate, warning that unrepresented applicants cannot expect leniency after such transgressions.
The FWC has upheld Westpac's sacking of a veteran loan manager found to have accepted payments from customers and misused WhatsApp, with the tribunal rejecting his claims that it carried out a sham investigation in retaliation for his "whistleblowing".
In a decision shining a light on real-world tensions in applying workplace safety policies, the FWC has reinstated a 67-year-old bottle shop attendant sacked after she feigned closing a roller door to spur a "swarm" of thieves to leave the store.
In a significant decision on apportioning blame for safety breaches, the FWC has ordered the reinstatement of a supervisor for confectioner Mars after finding a HR manager conducted a "too narrow" investigation of the aftermath of an incident involving a forklift piercing an 850kg carton of mints.
A refrigerated transport company had good reason to sack a driver who allowed more than $70,000 of ice cream to melt during a six-hour drive, the FWC has found, refusing to accept his blame-shifting for failing to reduce the temperature to the required setting.
Google AI's unfounded suggestions that an unfair dismissal ruling set a "dangerous precedent" and established an "unsafe principle" highlight the technology's limitations, a FWC full bench has found today.
The FWC has ordered FedEx to reinstate a driver who sustained burns on his leg when he dropped a box containing sulphuric acid, after viewing footage showing "regular" safety breaches at its Wollongong depot.
The Federal Court will hear a former Health Department compliance evaluator's challenge to the FWC upholding his dismissal for engaging in persistent and unreasonable complainant conduct, including communications that left managers in fear of making adverse decisions.
The FWC has ordered Amazon to reinstate a worker dismissed for inappropriate Slack messages, finding the company's "casual" approach to using the platform includes "frequent jokes, swearing and venting".
