Posts tagged "unfair dismissal"

The Fair Work Commission has responded to a report into unfair dismissal changes for SMEs by agreeing to simplify, and improve access to, the system.

A former Toyota worker has been awarded nearly $70,000 in compensation after the Fair Work Commission found he was unfairly dismissed.

A recent case before the Fair Work Commission involved a vehicle services attendant who was fired following the discovery that he'd lied on his CV.

An employee has won $30,700 in compensation after the Fair Work Commission found she was unfairly dismissed over allegations of taking too much long service leave.

The Fair Work Commission says a casual elderly employee at a NSW caravan park was unfairly dismissed by an employer acting like Donald Trump.

From the minimum wage increase to food labelling laws, here are key July 1 legal changes Australian small businesses need to know about.

Sometimes the people you hire to work in your small business just don’t work out as you’d hoped, and for a variety of reasons.

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A digital marketing agency in Sydney has been ordered to pay a former employee $23,882 after it dismissed her when she refused to sign a new…

For the third time this year, the Fair Work Commission has upheld an employer’s decision to dismiss an employee who was found to have breached a cardinal safety rule in the workplace.

The Fair Work Commission has sided with a hairdresser in her unfairly dismissal claim after an exchange with her boss over Facebook Messenger where he aggressively turned on her.

A former nail technician at a Melbourne beauty salon has won $20,000 in compensation after her employer tried to fire her two hours after she handed in her resignation, which she says she was forced to submit because she was being bullied for chasing unpaid wages.

The Fair Work Commission has been highly critical of the human resources practices of a Perth tradie directory, after it was found to have unfairly dismissed its account manager when it claimed it had to make her redundant because the business was struggling to "keep up with its creditors".