A Victorian corruption watchdog operative's "reckless and unsafe" close pursuit of a Mercedes fleeing a minor accident warranted his dismissal, the FWC has ruled.
The FWC has found an employer unreasonably directed a worker to take a breath test without clearly explaining why, and then unfairly summarily dismissed her for refusing it.
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.
A school has failed to overturn orders to pay a former teacher maximum compensation after her dismissal for allegedly yelling at misbehaving students, after a FWC full bench found no reason to suggest any bias by the tribunal member or that his findings represented a "gross slur" on the employer's witnesses.
The FWC has ordered Qube to reinstate a stevedore sacked after his manager spotted him out for dinner while on leave to grieve a relative's death, finding the worker reasonably concluded it would be unsafe to attend his shift.
Workpac must compensate a mineworker cleared for THC when he used his host-employer's self-testing kits after self-medicating with a joint, but who returned mixed results at the workplace.
A surveillance operative has lost his unfair sacking case against Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog, after the FWC found his dangerous pursuit of a vehicle during a stakeout and his "dishonest" post-incident report provided two valid reasons.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a nurse who "accidentally defibrillated" a patient, finding that she refused to take responsibility for the incident and rejecting claims her dismissal followed targeted bullying.
The FWC has criticised a government department's premature destruction of CCTV footage that might have revealed the truth about a sacked bus cleaner's alleged theft of a handbag left on board.
