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Bull's eye "desecration" no excuse to slap student: FWC

The FWC has upheld the sacking of a school lab assistant who "forcefully" slapped the hand of a 15-year-old student who had been flicking pieces of a bull's eye in a science class, finding it hard to imagine when such "violence" would be appropriate "in this day and age".

$45,000 compensation for text dismissal

The FWC has acceded to an employer's request to pay compensation of $44,450 in instalments, but has tightened the proposed timeframe, after a worker with almost a decade of service requested a pay rise and the director responded "you have me by the b-lls", before dismissing him suddenly by text message.

Sacking upheld after host bans on-hire worker

A labour supplier could not be expected to force the host to change its stance on revoking an on-hire worker's site access for conduct the employer found only warranted a warning, but validly dismissed him for his inability to perform his job's inherent requirements due to his expulsion, the FWC has found.

Impact on career warrants extension: FWC

The FWC has agreed to hear a bank employee's late challenge to his sacking for allegedly fraudulently disputing a credit card transaction, accepting sufficient doubts surrounded his intentions, the connection to work and the fairness of effectively ending his chances of ever landing a job in the industry again.

Mineworker reinstated after email stuff-up

A mineworker has won reinstatement after her sacking for revealing the email addresses of 850 workers in a fundraising blast, the FWC warning employers in the process about the need to maintain distance between dismissal decision-makers and those "involved directly in the facts" of a matter.

FWC bench overturns truck driver's dismissal

A FWC full bench has reinstated a rubbish truck driver sacked for a low-level alcohol reading, finding that the initial decision relied on reasons the employer had not put forward, without considering whether the driver had an opportunity to respond.

Last-minute difficulties don't warrant extending time

The FWC has refused to extend time for a worker who attempted to file his unfair dismissal claim two hours before the deadline, finding that by waiting until the last minute, he risked encountering technical difficulties.

Conduct went beyond "alarm bells" to "veritable sirens": FWC

The FWC has ordered reinstatement for a professor who sent "intimate and romantic" messages to a student, including a photo of himself in his boxers, finding that his seven-year unblemished record since his recently-uncovered relationship mitigated his behaviour.

Bikie threats overrode "heat of the moment" resignation

A worker who threatened his managers that he would set bikies on them and that he had "a bullet with your name on it" resigned in the "heat of the moment" and should have been given the chance to retract it, but the FWC has upheld his dismissal because his menacing behaviour amounted to serious misconduct.

"Cold-hearted" HR manager behind unlawful sacking: Court

A HR manager opportunistically accused a disgruntled employee of leaking confidential information to "put the blow-torch" to him over his dogged pursuit of underpayments, a court has found.

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